Julian Simon Quotes
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The increase in the world's population represents our victory against death.
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Human beings create more than they destroy.
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Adding more people causes problems. But people are also the means to solve these problems. The main fuel to speed the world’s progress is our…
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There is only one important resource which has shown a trend of increasing scarcity rather than increasing abundance. That resource is the most important of…
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Progress toward a more abundant material life does not come like manna from heaven. . . . My message certainly is not one of complacency.…
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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…
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All of us necessarily hold many casual opinions that are ludicrously wrong simply because life is far too short for us to think through even…
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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 of…
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Not understanding the process of a spontaneously-ordered economy goes hand-in-hand with not understanding the creation of resources and wealth.
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The main fuel to speed the world's progress is our stock of knowledge, and the brake is our lack of imagination.
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The world's problem is not too many people, but lack of political and economic freedom.
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Our whole evolution up to this point shows that human groups spontaneously evolve patterns of behavior, as well as patterns of training people for that…
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It is your mind that matters economically, as much or more than your mouth or hands. In the long run, the most important economic effect…
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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 economic…
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The most important benefit of population size and growth is the increase it brings to the stock of useful knowledge. Minds matter economically as much…
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Not understanding the process of a spontaneously-ordered economy goes hand-in-hand with not understanding the creation of resources and wealth. And when a person does not…
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Greater consumption due to increase in population and growth of income heightens scarcity and induces price run-ups. A higher price represents an opportunity that leads…
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The essence of wealth is the capacity to control the forces of nature, and the extent of wealth depends upon the level of technology and…
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Our supplies of natural resources are not finite in any economic sense. Nor does past experience give reason to expect natural resources to become more…
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Based on first-hand evidence of your own senses - the improved health and later ages at which acquaintances die nowadays as compared with the past;…
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