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John (University of Copenhagen, Denmark) Avery
Progress, Poverty and Population [EPUB ebook]
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This work traces the history of a debate which took place among the economists, political philosophers and writers of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, about whether the benefits of scientific progress would be nullified by the growth of the global population.

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Format EPUB ● Pages 168 ● ISBN 9781135249694 ● Publisher Taylor and Francis ● Published 2014 ● Downloadable 6 times ● Currency EUR ● ID 3087165 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM

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