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)gloom.
B)laws to limit population.
C)celebration.
D)a major increase in spending to study environmental issues.

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Julian Simon believed in the "cornucopian" perspective, which suggests that human innovation and creativity will continuously generate new resources to meet the needs of a growing population. Simon believed that the increase in population was a cause for celebration rather than gloom or the need for strict laws to limit population.

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