The basics of the problem track along the same lines: capitalism functions on infinite growth but requires resources and inputs from the earth—oil, wood, copper, and so on—that are finite. Eventually there’s going to be a reckoning, either in mass shortages, soaring costs, environmental ruination, or some cataclysmic combination of all three.
I’m glad that it’s being talked about somewhere because it certainly seems like an unapproachable topic in economics courses.
