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More from Less: The Surprising Story of How We Learned to Prosper Using Fewer Resources―and What Happens Next

Andrew McAfee · economics

Recommended by @dominik

@dominik · read in 2019

An insightful read about how well-managed markets can lead to increased prosperity while, at the same time, reducing resource usage. Argues that environmental improvements have not solely been a product of regulatory initiatives but also, and importantly, are what people want. No one wants pollution: people want prosperity. If there’s a way to prosperity without pollution, that’s preferable to a polluted pathway. Technological innovation and development has carved and can continue to carve those pathways in the future.