Aleading environmental group recently published a report contending that humans are running a "resource deficit" because we are using natural resources faster than they can be regenerated. the group claims that this means that economic growth will eventually stop, and will even be reversed. an economist would?

Propose a sustainable development policy

Explanation:

Running a resource deficit which means that using natural resources faster than they can be regenerated would affect the economic growth of any country.

An economist in this case would propose sustainable development policies which would ensure that the current generation does not use up the resource available. Policy that would limit the use of non renewable resource would be proposed. Policy that would ensure alternative resource so as to ensure diversity and use up existing resources. All these policies must ensure that economic growth does not decline but keeps increasing.

the first phase of the government’s plan for settlement was building the transcontinental railroad. the railroad provided a way to bring settlers and manufactured goods west and ship their agricultural and mining produce east. the transcontinental railroad was an essential artery for rapid development of the frontier.

the second phase of the government’s plan was a liberal land distribution policy that made it possible for many people to homestead. with these two key elements—transportation and cheap land—the government rapidly achieved its goal of persuading people to move west, settle on farms, and push back the frontier.