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"ref": "1958, John Kenneth Galbraith, The Affluent Society",
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"text": "So many Americans accept “zero population growth” as a new canon of conventional wisdom that it comes as a surprise to hear the notion disputed.",
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"ref": "2021 July 28, Christian Wolmar, “Forgotten by the railways, but ripe for the exploring”, in RAIL, number 936, page 35",
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