Reply to O’Sullivan: Wicked problems demand sophisticated understandings of complexity and feedbacks, not focus on a single variable [Social Sciences]

O'Sullivan (1) both misunderstands and misrepresents our analysis (2). We tested, and found support for, the hypothesis that national economies tend toward one of two attractors because of complex feedbacks among ecosystem services, economic growth, and population growth. We then explored the possible consequences of alternative feedback loops for global...

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