Exponential growth

hunter and gatherer ways kept the population to a manageable ten million people. The growth of agriculture then allowed for communities to support more people and the population began to flourish. Birth rates were high but life expectancy was…

Sustainability and hindsight The regulatory, political solutions for growing most developed economy and out of debt has potential environmental ramifications. Especially in industrialized economy where the demand for growth and deficit has slightly put environmental concerns behind economic gains. The growth driven economic prosperity of countries has lead to academics to question the basis of sustainability and sustainable development which was popularised by the Brundtland 1987 report “Our…

endowed with rich natural resources were unable to experience exponential economic growth as compared to countries with little or no natural resources. In particular, there is limited understanding on the influence of transmission channels of resource abundance on economic growth, especially when it comes to oil wealth. This literature review aims to examine the existing transmission mechanisms between resource abundance and economic growth. It will also evaluate the research methods used.…

case. India is suffering from the demographic trap, which is when a country cannot afford to invest in programs that would increase development, as they must continuously provide for their growing population. As such, India's population continuous growth leads them away from new innovations, instead of towards them. As stated previously, the amount of land available for agricultural use is diminishing; unlike common Cornucopian thought, however, no new innovations are being made to get over…

Overview 200 years ago, world population was less than 1 billion people. During the next hundred years world population increased by half a billion and finally known an incredible growth in the last century going from 1.5 billion people in the late 19th century to over 7 billion in the early 21 century. This great increase was possible due to an increase of life quality and progress in technology allowing lower birth death, as it was earlier in history. But the earth is not expendable, it has…

The auto industry has seen a lower than expected growth in the first half of 2015, however the market counties to climb in the second half fueled by job creation, lower interest rates and consumer awareness in the developed countries. The market has seen a strong 8% y/y growth in the Western European markets however a mixed performance in the Asian markets was seen considering the plunge in the stock markets and the falling fuel price. The Asian markets remains volatile considering the sheer…

There has been concern about this matter in almost 50 years. Following the release of Population Bomb a best-selling book authored by biologist Paul Ehrlich in 1968, western experts and local elites ‘declared war on population growth’. The agenda was forced through, with a lack of empathy for those affected. The most effective population control was ‘the one child policy’ initiated in 1979 in China. This extreme measure has prevented approximately 400 million births. In one…

According to the United Nations, human population is expected to breakthrough eleven billion people over the next century; where exponential growth is parallel to a similar surge and emphasis in the intrinsic problems of today’s society (United Nations, 2015). Political institutions, both national and international must take measures into ensuring their people’s safety and well being by solving these grass root problems. The methods to do so may vary from international cooperation, governmental…

for those resources” (Miller and Spoolman, 2010). As the population increases with factors of environmental resistance—the combination of factors that sets the carrying capacity for an area to limit population growth(oxygen supply, food supply, diseases, predators, space, etc.) , the growth rate decreases. After some time,…

South Korea experienced exponential economic growth from the early 1960s through 1989. During the 1970’s is when they earned the title as an Asian Tiger. During this time South Korea saw GDP growth from $7.7 billion in 1962, to $230 billion in 1989. (South Korea the Facts) They experienced this economic growth due to foreign aid, an increase in economic policies and a heightened investment in education. There were a few fundamental causes for this economic explosion. But in order to fully…