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The " limits to growth " debate has some roots in Malthusianism.

Much of the debate in recent times was prompted by the 1972 Club of Rome study Limits to Growth, which considers the ecological impact of growth and wealth creation.

Many of the activities required for economic growth use non-renewable resources.

Many researchers feel these sustained environmental effects can have an effect on the whole ecosystem.

They argue that the accumulated effects on the ecosystem put a theoretical limit on growth.

Some draw on archaeology to cite examples of cultures they say have disappeared because they grew beyond the ability of their ecosystems to support them.

The argument is that the limits to growth will eventually make growth in resource consumption impossible.