> what's wrong with a steady-state economy with a stable human population
We don’t have a stable population. It’s growing.
We like things to get better even if we don’t have “more”. I don’t have multiple cars just for me. But the car I have now has adaptive cruise control. It costs more, it makes my driving experience better, and I’m glad I have it.
Both of these, among many other factors, influence economic growth.
> We don’t have a stable population. It’s growing.
The rate of growth is declining, though. So it's not unreasonable to foresee peak population in the near future (most estimates are around 2060, and it's not going to increase much between 2050 and then).
No it's not, most developed countries force their populations to accept immigrants to keep the population growing in order to prop up the "growth" economy.
We don’t have a stable population. It’s growing.
We like things to get better even if we don’t have “more”. I don’t have multiple cars just for me. But the car I have now has adaptive cruise control. It costs more, it makes my driving experience better, and I’m glad I have it.
Both of these, among many other factors, influence economic growth.