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In A Finite World This Means That The Per Capita Share Of The World's Goods Must Steadily Decrease.

The Population Problem Has No Technical Solution; It Requires A Fundamental Extension In Morality.

Economists (and Others) Who Are Satisfied With Nature-free Equations Develop A Dangerous Hubris About The Potency Of Our Species

The Rational Herdsman Concludes That The Only Sensible Course For Him To Pursue Is To Add Another Animal To His Herd. And Another; And Another . . . But This Is The Conclusion Reached By Each And Every Rational Herdsman Sharing A Commons. Therein Is The Tragedy. Each Man Is Locked Into A System That Compels Him To Increase His Herd Without Limit — In A World That Is Limited. Ruin Is The Destination Toward Which All Men Rush, Each Pursuing His Own Best Interest In A Society That Believes In The Freedom Of The Commons. Freedom In A Commons Brings Ruin To All.

To Say That We Mutually Agree To Coercion Is Not To Say That We Are Required To Enjoy It, Or Even To Pretend We Enjoy It.