Japan: Economic Growth, Resource Scarcity, And Environmental Constraints

This study evaluates, from a neo-Malthusian perspective, Japan''s current status and its prognosis in the context of the country''s economic vulnerabilities. Drawing on the theoretical contributions of Malthus, N. Georgescu-Roegen, H. and M. Sprout, and assorted environmental-ecological doomsayers, the author reaches pessimistic conclusions about Japan''s very long term prospects, but holds out so...