Watts has this lovely chart showing the results of the Limits to Growth predictions.
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As in any economy, the real limits to growth and adjustment are legal, not physical.
The timing of the green budget threw the question of the limits to growth into sharp relief.
Of course Carter was merely parroting a book titled Limits to Growth produced by the Club of Rome.
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In 1972 another neo-Malthusian book appeared, The Limits to Growth, which was published for the Club of Rome.
To break through the limits to growth imposed by population decline a quantum rise in per capita productivity is needed.
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The idea of there being natural "limits to growth" was a also a big theme for popular debate in the 1970s.
In 1972, the year of the famous "Limits to Growth" report by the Club of Rome, the world produced about 55 million barrels of oil per day.
They do contribute to the education of those who can afford them, but they have limits to their growth, depending on their affordability and the quality of the free state schools with which they compete.
Putting aside the very real limits to the growth of wind power, the installed base of renewables would have to grow at a compound rate of more than 12% a year to reach 20% of the national electricity mix within a decade.
Schools with high student debt-to-income ratios whose students are not repaying government loans fast enough would be restricted to growth limits and be forced to warn students in promotional materials.
If the city ever decides to set limits on its growth, it is unlikely to be because of fears for the environment.
Colorado voters adopted a TABOR in 1992, which limits growth in state taxes and spending to the rate of growth of population plus inflation.
And to be sure, labor and infrastructure limits may slow the rate of growth compared to past years, but projections by JPMorgan Chase suggest that North Dakota will continue to enjoy GDP growth two to three times the national average for the next few years.
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If its assessment is right, stimulus policies would have only limited room to work before coming up against the limits to Britain's sustainable growth.
The Greek crisis cruelly exposed the EU's inability to police the budget-deficit limits imposed by the stability and growth pact, which is meant to underpin the single currency.
Mark Carney also thinks there are limits to what central banks can do to restore growth.
The stability and growth pact limits national budget deficits to 3%.
Mr. Sharon was determined to break the deadlock, withdraw from Gaza, remove settlements -- and confront his former allies on Israel's right by abandoning the "Greater Israel" position to endorse Palestinian statehood and limits on settlement growth.
At the same time, he said his offer to slow entitlement growth was conditioned on lawmakers agreeing to higher taxes, such as new limits on tax breaks claimed by wealthier Americans something GOP leaders have recently said they won't accept.
There are limits on what the sector can contribute to companies' growth.
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While the ECB fears that spending increases involved could be inflationary, politicians, executives and academics are calling for a modification of the Stability and Growth Pact, which limits eurozone countries to a maximum budget deficit equivalent to 3% of GDP.
Germany is already in breach of the euro area's stability and growth pact, which supposedly limits government deficits to 3% of GDP.
For no other reason than ideological animus, doctor-owned hospitals will face harsh new limits on their growth and who they're allowed to treat.
Our entitlement programs will bankrupt the next generation if this generation chooses not to act, and our tax system limits our economic growth and our global competitiveness.
Because we believe in human dignity, America and many nations have acted to lift the crushing burden of debt that limits the growth of developing economies and holds millions of people in poverty.
One of the important lessons the economic crisis taught us is the limits of depending primarily on American consumers and Asian exports to drive economic growth.
The Dutch want to beef up the commission's powers to enforce the stability and growth pact, which sets limits on the budget deficits that member countries of the euro can run.
Although strong links to its parent may mean stable sales, analysts said that limits growth opportunities.
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