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Harold J. Barnett, b. 1917, economist, wrote extensively about natural resources and their relationship to population growth, national and global economy, and United States security. His work began in the early fifties with his refutation of Malthusian economics. His study documented that the U.S. economy did not suffer with increasing population or use of natural resources, but in fact strengthened during these years. Barnett began his career with Rand Corporation and later entered academics with positions at Wayne State in Detroit, Michigan and Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. He served on various economic committees in Washington D. C., and was a frequent expert at congressional economic hearings. His studies include work during the oil crisis and rise in sugar prices, both in the early seventies, and the decline of American manufacture of steel. He also wrote of the advantages of cable television as a marketing tool during the infancy of that industry. Barnett’s work included an evaluation of the Chinese economy at the outset of the Maoist Revolution. Frequently requested at economic conferences, Barnett was a speaker on a wide range of natural resource topics in the United States, Western and Eastern Europe before the breakup of the Soviet Union, Israel and Mexico. His publications range from the 1950s through 1984.