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[–] 6364157? 0 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago 

Because economics is more of a soft science that relies on a lot of assumptions about human behaviour that don't reflect reality.

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[–] 0x5f3759df 1 point 5 points (+6|-1) ago 

Continuing economic growth does not require infinite resources, this is a common but basic fallacy. Economic growth, as measured by the total value of produced products and services, does not necessarily imply more products being produced. One basic reason is that a large, and growing, part of the economy is in services rather than production of material goods. However, even in a purely manufacturing based economy, an increase in the total value of goods produced does not need to imply an increase in resource used. The increase in value can, and in modern economy usually does, originate from the increased in quality of the goods produced from the same resources. In fact, in some cases the increase in value comes precisely from a decrease in the needed resources, or at least goes together with such a decrease.

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[–] bigslob 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

But it all comes to a point does it not? You can only "trim off so much fat" before the product cannot be fine tuned any more?

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[–] 0x5f3759df ago 

Not necessarily. There are always things that can still be improved in quality.