Economic Growth Around the World C-4: Students will assess information about the institutions, history, culture, ect. of multiple countries in order to draw informed conclusions in relation to long run economic growth

Discussion Question #1 Why is growth around the world unequal?

Discussion Question #2 What is the best way to promote economic growth?

Discussion Question #3 Is long run economic growth sustainable?

Global Growth Trends:

“Apocalypse-or-Renewal” The Fight for Conservation (1910) & World Commission on Environment and Development (2008) define “sustainable development” as: …the process that meets present needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. The Limits to Growth (1972) predicts natural resource depletion and environmental degradation would lead to an irreversible collapse of the global economy by the 21 st century Pres. George Bush 2002 address on Kyoto Protocol: …[this approach] would have required the U.S. to make deep and immediate cuts in our economy to meet an arbitrary target. It would have cost out economy up to $400 B and 4.9 million jobs.

Does growth breed collapse?

Technology and Sustainable Growth? World Economic Forum: Davos, Switzerland Report

Your Assignment: Economic Literacy #3 “If the earth must lose that great portion of its pleasantness which it owes to things that the unlimited increase of wealth and population would extirpate from it, for the mere purpose of enabling it to support a larger, but not a better or happier population, I sincerely hope, for the sake of posterity, that thy will be content to be stationary, long before necessity compels them to…” --John Stuart Mill, Principles of Political Economy 1848 Directions: One full, single-spaced response to the question: Is long run growth for every country on Earth sustainable? Research and reference one publication that either supports your perspective, or a source that explores the idea of growth in a different light (Example)Example Due Thursday, Feb. 5