The Population Debate: The Development of Conflicting Theories Up to 1900Houghton Mifflin, 1967 - 466 sider |
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Side 261
... industry , and credit , are the primary instruments of national strength and prosperity . In every nation , however refined or however remote from refinement , the number of its inhabitants is the best index of its power , and as the ...
... industry , and credit , are the primary instruments of national strength and prosperity . In every nation , however refined or however remote from refinement , the number of its inhabitants is the best index of its power , and as the ...
Side 388
... industry in a coun- try or countries may be affected by an increase or decrease of the popula- tion of the country or countries in question . It is not true that an increase of population must always diminish the productiveness of industry ...
... industry in a coun- try or countries may be affected by an increase or decrease of the popula- tion of the country or countries in question . It is not true that an increase of population must always diminish the productiveness of industry ...
Side 389
... industry pos- sible at that time , is definite . No one , probably , will deny that there might be too few people inhabiting a territory to allow of the attainment of the greatest productiveness of industry possible at the time . An ...
... industry pos- sible at that time , is definite . No one , probably , will deny that there might be too few people inhabiting a territory to allow of the attainment of the greatest productiveness of industry possible at the time . An ...
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Fluctuation in Population Thought | 1 |
Early Population Thought | 8 |
The Rise of Population Theory in the Seventeenth | 28 |
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