"We now have in our hands — really, in our libraries — the technology to feed, clothe, and supply energy to an ever-growing population for the next seven billion years."
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"The State of Humanity: Steadily Improving," Cato Institute Policy Report, September/October 1995
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Julian Simon
Julian Lincoln Simon (12 February 1932 – 8 February 1998) was a professor of business administration at the University of Maryland and a Senior Fellow at the Cato Institute at the time of his death, after previously serving as a longtime business professor at the .
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