There has been some work in this area: https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2010/07/peter-victor-de...

“We’ve had 125,000 generations of humans, but it’s only been the last eight that have had growth,” Victor told me. “So what’s considered normal? I think we live in very abnormal times. And the signs are showing up everywhere that the burden we’re placing on the natural environment can’t be borne.”

See also, the physical limits to growth: https://dothemath.ucsd.edu/2012/04/economist-meets-physicist...