Question

"A leading environmental group recently published a report contending that humans are running a "resource deficit" because we are using natural resources faster than they can be regenerated. The group claims that this means that economic growth will eventually stop, and will even be reversed. An economist would":

a. agree with the report, and would point to rising natural resource prices as evidence.
b. agree with the report, but wouldn't think it was important because growth will not slow down for several centuries.
c. disagree with the report, in part because it ignores the mitigating effects of technological change.
d. disagree with the report because labor and capital are the primary determinants of growth, and since they are plentiful, growth will not slow down.

Answer 1

Answer:

c. disagree with the report, in part because it ignores the mitigating effects of technological change.

Explanation:

• As the human is making use of most of the earth available resources they are running towards deficits as no country has self-sufficiency in terms of the land, labor and capital and natural resources and they are getting depleted at a much faster rate than could be generated.

• Thereby resulting to rise in inflation and decline in the economic productivity growth while some of the economists disagree with the report ignores the impacts of  technologies.