According to conservative analyst Julian Simon, the fact that the planet supports six times as many people as it did when Malthus was alive is cause for
A)great concern.
B)enacting laws to limit population.
C)celebration about how productive the world has become.
D)a major increase in spending to study environmental issues.

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Julian Simon believed that the increase in the world's population was a sign of how productive the world had become. He argued that human ingenuity and technological progress would allow us to continue to prosper and sustain the growing population. Therefore, the increase in population was a cause for celebration rather than concern or calls for limiting population growth.

According to Conservative Analyst Julian Simon, the Fact That the Planet