"The Limit of Growth"

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This paper discusses the Club of Rome. The paper begins by discussing the history of the organization and then focuses of some of its publications, specifically the book "The Limits of Growth". The paper presents some of the content of the book and the criticism that the book garnered, particularly for its junk science content.

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"The Club of Rome is notorious for its history of global warnings. In the early 1970s, the organization published the book "The Limits To Growth" in which it described the "predicament of mankind" (Simmons, 2000). The book predicted huge shortages of key resources by the 1980s, which would result in worldwide disaster. The book was so shocking that it was published in 30 languages and sold more than 30 million copies making it the best selling book on the environment in the history of the world (Ross, 1999, p. 301)."

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