On: Why Paul Romer Won the Nobel Prize in Economics

[e12e]

Not certain how common it is these days, but it was supposedly commented on by Kenneth Boulding:

"Anyone who believes that exponential growth can go on forever in a finite world is either a madman or an economist."

[gowld → e12e]

No one cares about "forever". In the long run, we're all dead, and there's no theoretical limit to exponential growth until we're all dead.

[btrask → gowld]

Especially if we ensure that the end of exponential growth will kill us.