The optimum population is, then, less than the maximum.

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Using the commons as a cesspool does not harm the general public under frontier conditions,...

Using the commons as a cesspool does not harm the general public under frontier conditions,...

Moreover, the practical recommendations deduced from ecological principles threaten the vested interests of commerce; it...

Moreover, the practical recommendations deduced from ecological principles threaten the vested interests of commerce; it...

Of course, a positive growth rate might be taken as evidence that a population is...

Of course, a positive growth rate might be taken as evidence that a population is...

Ruin is the destination toward which all men rush, each pursuing his own best interest...

Ruin is the destination toward which all men rush, each pursuing his own best interest...

However, I think the major opposition to ecology has deeper roots than mere economics; ecology...

However, I think the major opposition to ecology has deeper roots than mere economics; ecology...

Freedom in a commons brings ruin to all.

Freedom in a commons brings ruin to all.

Indeed, our particular concept of private property, which deters us from exhausting the positive resources...

Indeed, our particular concept of private property, which deters us from exhausting the positive resources...

Continuity is at the heart of conservatism: ecology serves that heart.

Continuity is at the heart of conservatism: ecology serves that heart.

Education can counteract the natural tendency to do the wrong thing, but the inexorable succession...

Education can counteract the natural tendency to do the wrong thing, but the inexorable succession...

A coldly rationalist individualist can deny that he has any obligation to make sacrifices for...

A coldly rationalist individualist can deny that he has any obligation to make sacrifices for...

To say that we mutually agree to coercion is not to say that we are...

To say that we mutually agree to coercion is not to say that we are...

The only kind of coercion I recommend is mutual coercion, mutually agreed upon by the...

The only kind of coercion I recommend is mutual coercion, mutually agreed upon by the...

A technical solution may be defined as one that requires a change only in the...

A technical solution may be defined as one that requires a change only in the...

Why are ecologists and environmentalists so feared and hated? This is because in part what...

Why are ecologists and environmentalists so feared and hated? This is because in part what...

An attack on values is inevitably seen as an act of subversion.

An attack on values is inevitably seen as an act of subversion.

In a finite world this means that the per capita share of the world's goods...

In a finite world this means that the per capita share of the world's goods...

A finite world can support only a finite population; therefore, population growth must eventually equal...

A finite world can support only a finite population; therefore, population growth must eventually equal...

But it is no good using the tongs of reason to pull the Fundamentalists' chestnuts...

But it is no good using the tongs of reason to pull the Fundamentalists' chestnuts...

But as population became denser, the natural chemical and biological recycling processes became overloaded, calling...

But as population became denser, the natural chemical and biological recycling processes became overloaded, calling...

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights describes the family as the natural and fundamental unit...

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights describes the family as the natural and fundamental unit...