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WHO WOULD HAVE WON THE SIMON-EHRLICH BET OVER DIFFERENT DECADES, AND WHAT DO LONG-TERM PRICES TELL US ABOUT RESOURCE SCARCITY?

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We produce far more materials than we did in the past, yet prices have barely changed, which suggests that we're not close to running out of these materials any time soon.