“upon a finite earth mankind inventedeth an economy requiring infinite expansion and everyone noddedeth because the graph looked excellent” — william shakespeare the merchant of venice earnings calleth not genuineeth horatio what is economic growth more more what activity until when next year and after that more and after that more forever ideally earth appeareth finite do not bringeth geography into economics but something cannot grow forever inside something that doth not innovation what doth that mean we shall figureth something out when later what shall we do until then groweth