Resources, Technology, and Development: Will the Table Be Bare When Poor Countries Get There?

Authors

William D. Nordhaus

Document Type

Discussion Paper

Publication Date

5-1-1986

CFDP Number

793

CFDP Pages

21

Abstract

This paper discusses the net effect of these two economic forces on developing countries: Is the drag to economic advance from dwindling resources outweighed by the accompanying technological advances? Or will the potential scarcity of resources during the next century on balance weigh down the pace of economic progress?

Recommended Citation

Nordhaus, William D., "Resources, Technology, and Development: Will the Table Be Bare When Poor Countries Get There?" (1986). Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers. 1036.
https://elischolar.library.yale.edu/cowles-discussion-paper-series/1036