@article{Peren2019, author = {Franz W. Peren}, title = {Unsustainable Future: The Mathematical Frame in Which We Live}, series = {Review of Business: Interdisciplinary Journal on Risk and Society}, volume = {39}, number = {2}, publisher = {St. John’s University}, issn = {0034-6454}, pages = {32 -- 35}, year = {2019}, abstract = {Humankind, it can be argued, lives beyond its means and often at the expense of future generations. This paper starkly demonstrates, with the aid of a mathematical model, the imperative for a sustainable existence. In the model, consumption of resources is represented as a closed system, just like our planet. Long-term survival is only possible if consumption is below the ability of the system to regenerate.}, language = {en} }