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Depletion vs. innovation the fundamental question of sustainability
Utah State University, United States.
Arizona State University, United States.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-4101-4279
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2017 (English)In: Physical Limits to Economic Growth: Perspectives of Economic, Social, and Complexity Science / [ed] R. Burlando & A. Tartaglia, London: Routledge, 2017, p. 65-93Chapter in book (Refereed)
Sustainable development
Sustainable Development
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Near the end of World War II, President Franklin Roosevelt asked Vannevar Bush, director of the wartime Office of Scientific Research and Development, to prepare a report on the post-war role of government in promoting science. In his famous report, Bush wrote: “Advances in science will … bring higher standards of living, will lead to the prevention or cure of diseases, will promote conservation of our limited national resources, and will assure means of defence against aggression” (Bush, 1945: 10). This statement, so characteristic of our faith in science, became the basis for the emphasis on innovation that we know today. It is a system that has brought material prosperity in the industrialized countries and high levels of employment. Innovation has fostered the complexity of modern societies. Bush’s statement reflects what is called technological optimism, a faith in technology to solve problems. 

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London: Routledge, 2017. p. 65-93
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Routledge Studies in Ecological Economics
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URN: urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-58264Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85045050094ISBN: 9781138231603 (print)ISBN: 9780367593506 (print)ISBN: 9781315314969 (electronic)OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hj-58264DiVA, id: diva2:1689319
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