Join me for a cup of Tim Horton's coffee while we think about that

Anyone familiar with a fellow by the name of Julian L. Simon? I am sure I heard of him before, but his name had obviously slipped from my memory, I say that because when a friend emailed something by him to me, the name didn't ring any bells.

Same for you?? Well a quick Google and click on Wikipedia will turn up this VERY brief introduction / reminder for you.

Julian Lincoln Simon (February 12, 1932 – February 8, 1998) was a professor of business administration at the University of Maryland and a Senior Fellow at the Cato Institute at the time of his death, after previously serving as a longtime business professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Simon wrote many books and articles, mostly on economic subjects. He is best known for his work on population, economics, and immigration. His work covers cornucopian views on lasting economic benefits from natural resources and continuous population growth, even despite limited or finite physical resources, empowered by human ingenuity, substitutes, and technological progress. His works are also cited by libertarians against government regulation. He died at the age of 65 of a heart attack.