The shadow of the world's future, or The earth's population possibilities & the consequences of the present rate of increase of the earth's inhabitants

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Identifikator:: 1775636852

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-164018

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Author:: Knibbs, George Handley http://d-nb.info/gnd/1045010944

Title:: The shadow of the world's future, or The earth's population possibilities & the consequences of the present rate of increase of the earth's inhabitants

Place of publication:: London

Publisher:: Ernest Benn Limited

Year of publication:: (1928)

Scope:: 131 Seiten

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Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: Chapter IX. World-Population and nationalism

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CHAPTER IX WORLD-POPULATION AND NATIONALISM IT has already been mentioned that the existing attitude of the people of any nation to the balance of the world’s inhabitants is egoistic; and, within the nations themselves, the attitude is individualistic. It is self-evident that these conditions conflict with the possibilities through which the world can carry the greatest population possible. The economic pressures that must inevitably arise as a consequence, and con- flicts between peoples, greatly affect the question of what numbers the earth can carry. So long as nations are liable to go to war, great freedom of migration is hardly possible, and human activities and wealth are, moreover, deflected into unprofitable channels. Governing authorities rely upon the numbers of their citizens both for the drafts for navies and armies and for the taxation and loans for the purpose of prosecuting war. There is a point of view which, while it may not obviate the difficulty entirely, tends to do so. If we recognise that humanity has moral obligations, then, just as in individual relations, it is required that man shall maintain goodwill toward his fellow-citizens, and that he shall react favourably to his communal and social obligations generally, so is it to be regarded as normal, and indeed essential, that each people should have goodwill to all others, and should recognise its obligations to mankind as a totality. Should the point of view of, say, a Treitschke or a Bernhardi become general, the world would certainly a7

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