The most important benefit of population size and growth is the increase it brings to the stock of useful knowledge. Minds matter… — Julian Simon Copy Share Image
Adding more people causes problems. But people are also the means to solve these problems. The main fuel to speed the world’s… — Julian Simon Copy Share Image
Greater consumption due to increase in population and growth of income heightens scarcity and induces price run-ups. A higher price represents an… — Julian Simon Copy Share Image
There is only one important resource which has shown a trend of increasing scarcity rather than increasing abundance. That resource is the most important… — Julian Simon Copy Share Image
Our whole evolution up to this point shows that human groups spontaneously evolve patterns of behavior, as well as patterns of training people for… — Julian Simon Copy Share Image
Not understanding the process of a spontaneously-ordered economy goes hand-in-hand with not understanding the creation of resources and wealth. — Julian Simon Copy Share Image
The increase in the world's population represents our victory over death. — Julian Simon Copy Share Image
The most important benefit of population size and growth is the increase it brings to the stock of useful knowledge. Minds matter economically as… — Julian Simon Copy Share Image
Our supplies of natural resources are not finite in any economic sense. Nor does past experience give reason to expect natural resources to become… — Julian Simon Copy Share Image
“This is my long-run forecast in brief: The material conditions of life will continue to get better for most people, in most countries, most… — Julian Simon Copy Share Image
Letting the religious right teach ID in schools is like letting the Marines teach poetry in advanced combat training. As a scientist, I see… — Julian Simon Copy Share Image
Progress toward a more abundant material life does not come like manna from heaven. . . . My message certainly is not one of… — Julian Simon Copy Share Image
The standard of living has risen along with the size of the world's population since the beginning of recorded time. There is no convincing… — Julian Simon Copy Share Image
All of us necessarily hold many casual opinions that are ludicrously wrong simply because life is far too short for us to think through… — Julian Simon Copy Share Image
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