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Simon, Long-run forecast

Simon, Long-run forecast

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 the time, indefinitely. Within a century or two, all nations and most of humanity will be at or above today's Western living standards.
I also speculate, however, that many people will continue to think and say that the conditions of life are getting worse.
Julian Simon, 1997

Julian Simon, 1997
in Meadows, Donella Hager. I nuovi limiti dello sviluppo: la salute del pianeta nel terzo millennio. Milano: Oscar Mondadori, 2006.

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Osare: il progresso si ottiene solo così.
Oser: le progrès est à ce prix.
To dare; that is the price of progress.

Victor Hugo, Les Misérables

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