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Anyone who believes exponential growth can go on forever in a finite world is either a madman or an economist.
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Attributed to Boulding in: United States. Congress. House (1973) Energy reorganization act of 1973: Hearings, Ninety-third Congress, first session, on H.R. 11510. p.248

 

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