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  • Julian lincoln simon was an economist and professor of business administration at the University of Maryland who is best known for challenging some widely held public beliefs with respect to population growth and environmental change. His beliefs were that humanity had the ability to provide resources and means of survival for a continually growing global population indefinitely. [Source: Encyclopedia of Environment and Society; Simon, Julian (1932–98)]

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