"The State of Humanity: Steadily Improving," Cato Institute Policy Report, September/October 1995 http://www.cato.org/pubs/policy_report/pr-so-js.html
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This increase in the world's population represents humanity's victory against death.
— Julian Simon
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About 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 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
About 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 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
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