Watts has this lovely chart showing the results of the Limits to Growth predictions.
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The timing of the green budget threw the question of the limits to growth into sharp relief.
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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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.
As in any economy, the real limits to growth and adjustment are legal, not physical.
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.
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.
If the city ever decides to set limits on its growth, it is unlikely to be because of fears for the environment.
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.
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.
The idea of there being natural "limits to growth" was a also a big theme for popular debate in the 1970s.
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.
Colorado voters adopted a TABOR in 1992, which limits growth in state taxes and spending to the rate of growth of population plus inflation.
Of course Carter was merely parroting a book titled Limits to Growth produced by the Club of Rome.
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Without the opening up of airspace, general aviation in China faces a chicken-and-egg problem: the lack of infrastructure on the ground limits the prospects for growth, but without more flights there is little reason to invest in such infrastructure, or in training schemes for pilots and technicians.
The stability and growth pact limits national budget deficits to 3%.
"The high current account deficit limits room for further easing, and the slowdown in growth is structural and due to supply-side issues, and should be addressed through reforms by the government, " said Leif Eskesen, chief economist for India and Asean at HSBC.
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.
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.
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.
Constitutional limits are intended to be a paper barrier to the otherwise unlimited size and growth of government.
Germany is already in breach of the euro area's stability and growth pact, which supposedly limits government deficits to 3% of GDP.
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.
The push for relaxed growth limits comes as Washington is experiencing a revitalization of its downtown similar to what is happening in parts of Chicago and Boston, where rising demand for apartments and retail space has helped boost tax revenue.
Their other target - a fall in the debt-to-GDP ratio - limits their ability to spend more on capital projects unless the Treasury is prepared to argue that it can stimulate growth in the future by spending more now.
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