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 X. New malthusianism and man's future

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NEW MALTHUSIANISM 107 however, that the cultures and ideals of different peoples are by no means identical., Nor are their physical, intellectual and temperamental characters always mutually agreeable or even compatible. Among different peoples the ordinary standards-of- living vary greatly. Because of this, and also because of racial and national vanities, not always well-based, migrants are not always welcome. And even if they were very welcome, there are economic difficulties in the way of reaching relatively equal degrees of popula- tion-saturation. Usually great hardships have to be faced in opening up new country, and also in developing new conditions. Satisfactory migration often requires that the migrants should possess some capital, and it is to be noted that the capacity of any people to receive migrants with small amounts of capital or none at all, is usually very limited indeed, as things are at present, or as they are likely to be. Thus migrations of human beings are only a palliative of the kind of difficulties that are arising, and are merely a very partial and temporary solution of the troubles occurring through large increases of population. And one has, too, to remember that immigrants often unreasonably hope for the benefits of a new country, without being prepared to share in the hardships and effort made by the earlier possessors, and by pioneers generally, in developing it. They are prepared to profit by the heavy labours of others. without making corresponding sacrifices. Fundamentally different attitudes in respect to what constitutes the best form of civilised development; race-prejudices, intensified by differences of language and temperament; the regarding of any territory whatsoever as a realm for exploitation for foreign as well as native interests; uncertainty in regard to interest and good faith in cases of multiple nationality; penetrations into affairs by capital subject to foreign

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