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In current-day environmental discourse, the concern of overpopulation and resource depletion looms large. If population growth grows unchecked, and consumerism remains rampant, resources will run dry and our collective future will be imperilled. 

This ASI evening lecture will tackle this challenge and provide a contrarian perspective. Prof Gale Pooley will provide new data showing that resources have actually become more abundant over time, thanks to human innovation and market-based entrepreneurial discovery. He will also illuminate the importance of economic reforms and growth in powering environmental progress.

About the speaker:

Prof Gale Pooley is an associate professor of business management at Brigham Young University-Hawaii. He has taught economics and statistics at Alfaisal Univerity in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Brigham Young University-Idaho, Boise State University, and the College of Idaho. Pooley has held professional designations from the Appraisal Institute, the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors, and the CCIM Institute. He has published articles in National Review, HumanProgress, The American Spectator, FEE, the Utah Bar Journal, the Appraisal Journal, Quillette, Forbes, and RealClearMarkets. Pooley is a senior fellow with the Discovery Institute, a board member of HumanProgress.org, and a scholar with Hawaii's Grassroots Institute. His major research activity has been the Simon Abundances Index, which he coauthored with Marian Tupy.

He is the co-author of a newly published book Superabundance: The Story of Population Growth, Innovation, and Human Flourishing on an Infinitely Bountiful Planet.

Full details:

Date: Thursday, 3rd March 2022

Time: 18:00 - 20:00

Agenda:

18.00 - Doors open + welcome drinks

18.30 - Lecture starts 

19.15 - Q&A 

20.00 - Event closes