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Simon abundance index
The Simon Abundance Index quantifies and measures the relationship between resources and population into one value.
To honor the brilliant thinking and courage of Julian Simon we call our work the Simon Abundance Index, or SAI.
In this video, Dr. Gale Pooley introduces the SAI. The SAI quantifies and measures the relationship between resources and population into one value. Our present concerns over the scarcity of resources such as oil and food do not hold up against the evidence.
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Overpopulation: Resource Depletion and Human Innovation
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