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Julian Simon

Paul Ehrlich | Wikimedia Commons

Paul Ehrlich

Population Doomster and False Prophet of Ecological Apocalypse Paul Ehrlich Has Died

The author of The Population Bomb was never right but never in doubt that the world was about to end.

Ronald Bailey | 3.16.2026 4:30 PM

Woman in a supermarket carrying a basket full of fresh produce. | Robert Kneschke | Dreamstime.com

Natural Resources

Julian Simon Was Right: Ingenuity Leads to Abundance

We live in a world of abundance (when politicians don’t screw it up).

J.D. Tuccille | 4.22.2024 8:05 AM

Paul Ehrlich is never right | Nerthuz/Dreamstime

Human Progress

Earth Is Nearly 520 Percent More Abundant Now Than in 1980

Thanks to the ultimate resource: the human mind

Ronald Bailey | 5.31.2019 12:17 PM

True prophet of abundance | UI

Julian Simon

Simon Abundance Index Launch on Monday at the Cato Institute

Mark the 49th anniversary of Earth Day by celebrating human ingenuity.

Ronald Bailey | 4.19.2019 4:20 PM

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Environmentalism

The World Is Getting Better, Declare Op-Eds in Leading Newspapers

Doomslayer Julian Simon vindicated after 40 years.

Ronald Bailey | 1.14.2019 12:40 PM

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Julian Simon

Resources Are Almost 5 Times as Abundant as They Were in 1980

New Simon Abundance Index elegantly refutes primitive zero-sum intuitions with respect to population and resource availability trends.

Ronald Bailey | 12.4.2018 12:40 PM

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Immigration

Julian Simon Would Tell Us: America Needs More Immigrants

The economist taught that people are the "ultimate resource."

David Simon | 3.21.2017 3:00 PM

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Rare Earth

China's Rare Earth Minerals Mercantilism Totally Fails: I Told You So Six Years Ago

Wall Street Journal has nice op-ed on China's rare earth bust.

Ronald Bailey | 7.25.2016 12:05 PM

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Policy

Mistaking Peak Prices for "Peak Everything"

Economic Super-cycles and Falling Commodity Prices

Ronald Bailey | 3.13.2015 1:30 PM

Science & Technology

Overpopulation is Sooo Over, Explains Biologist in New York Times

Ronald Bailey | 9.16.2013 10:44 AM

Politics

Betting on Humanity's Future

Cornucopians versus collapsists

Ronald Bailey | 9.13.2013 1:30 PM

Julian Simon

Ronald Bailey Picks Sides in the Wager Between the Cornucopians and the Collapsists

Reason Staff | 9.13.2013 1:30 PM

Science

Environmentalist Praises the "Vital Wisdom" of Anti-Doomster Julian Simon

Ronald Bailey | 1.10.2013 1:07 PM

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