Tag: Malthusian pessimist

New York Times: Economic Optimism? Yes, I’ll Take That Bet Five years ago, Matthew R. Simmons and I bet $5,000. It was a wager about the future of energy supplies — a Malthusian pessimist versus a Cornucopian optimist — and now the day of reckoning is nigh: Jan. 1, 2011. … Simmons lost. … It’s…