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For the last four thousand years the condition of the human race has been characterized by growth and change. In the past 100 years that growth has accelerated. Technological development has mushroomed. Natural resources have been diminished. Our environment is being polluted at an ever-increasing rate. Population has more than doubled in the past 100 years, and may double again within the next 30.
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Meadows, D.L. (1973). The Dynamics of Global Equilibrium. In: Hawkes, N. (eds) International Seminar on Trends in Mathematical Modelling. Lecture Notes in Economics and Mathematical Systems, vol 80. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-80733-6_9
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