Books like The Ultimate resource by Julian Lincoln Simon

Adam Smith’s seminal 1776 treatise that laid the groundwork for modern economic theory, presented here in a reprint of Edwin Cannan’s 1904 edition with a new preface by economist George J. Stigler.

A landmark study that models the limits of Earth’s resources, warning that unchecked growth could trigger ecological and economic collapse within a century.

Amartya Sen’s 1999 book analyzes international development as a process of expanding human freedom.

An introduction to free-market economics.

Arguing that the ultimate resource is the human imagination coupled to the human spirit, Julian Simon has led a vigorous challenge to conventional beliefs about scarcity of energy and natural resources, pollution of the environment, the effects of immigration, and the "perils of overpopulation." The comprehensive data, careful quantitative research, and economic logic contained in the first edition of The Ultimate Resource rebutted widely held professional judgments about the threat of overpopulation. In Simon's view, the key factor in natural and world economic growth is our capacity for the creation of new ideas and contributions to knowledge. The more people alive who can be trained to help solve the problems that confront us, the faster we can remove obstacles, and the greater the economic inheritance we shall bequeath to our descendants. In conjunction with the size of the educated population, the key constraint on human progress is the nature of the economic-political system: Talented people need economic freedom and security to bring their talents to fruition.

"Environmental and Natural Resource Economics introduces students to the intriguing environmental and natural resource policy problems of today through the integrated discussion of economic theory and empirical evidence. It is designed to serve students who have completed either an introductory economics or an intermediate microeconomics course."--BOOK JACKET.