 Taking the whole earth, instead of this island, emigration would of course be excluded; and, supposing the present population equal to a thousand millions, the human species would increase as the numbers, 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256; and subsistence...  The Pamphleteer - Page 521edited by - 1818Full view - About this book
 | Lester O. Bumas - Business & Economics - 1999 - 560 pages
...would increase as the numbers, 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256; and the subsistence as 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9. In two centuries the population would be to the means of subsistence as 256 to 9 (1926 [1798], p. 21). Of course, population could not expand by a factor of 256 if the food supply... | |
 | Robert L. Heilbroner - Business & Economics - 2011 - 373 pages
...etc. In two centuries and a quarter the population would be to the means of subsistence as 512 to 10; in three centuries as 4096 to 13, and in two thousand years the difference would be incalculable." Such a dreadful view of the future would be enough to discourage any man: "The view,"... | |
 | Thomas Robert Malthus - Business & Economics - 1999 - 212 pages
...quarter, the population would be to the means of subsistence as 512 to 10; in three centuries as 4o96 to 13; and in two thousand years the difference would be almost incalculable, though the produce in that time would have increased to an immense extent. No limits whatever are placed... | |
 | Bianca Többe Gonçalves - Population - 2000 - 142 pages
...species would increase as the numbers 1,2,4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256, and subsistence as l, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9. In two centuries the population would...of subsistence as 256 to 9; in three centuries as 4016 to 13, and in two thousand years the difference would be almost incalculable." (Malthus 1986:... | |
 | Charles Darwin - History - 2003 - 676 pages
...species would increase as the numbers, I, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256, and subsistence as I, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9. In two centuries the population would...years the difference would be almost incalculable. In this supposition no limits whatever are placed to the produce of the earth. It may increase for... | |
 | Oliver J. Thatcher - History - 2004 - 476 pages
...increase as the numbers, 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256; and subsistence as 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, g. In two centuries the population would be to the means...years the difference would be almost incalculable. In this supposition no limits whatever are placed to the produce of the earth. It may increase for... | |
 | M. R. Redclift - Business & Economics - 2005 - 424 pages
...etc. In two centuries and a quarter, the population would be to the means of subsistence as 512 to 10: in three centuries as 4096 to 13, and in two thousand...years the difference would be almost incalculable, though the produce in that time would have increased to an immense extent. No limits whatever are placed... | |
 | Thomas Robert Maltus - Social Science - 2006 - 325 pages
...species would increase as the numbers, i, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256, and subsistence as i, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9. In two centuries the population would...years the difference would be almost incalculable. In this supposition no limits whatever are placed to the produce ol the earth. It may increase for... | |
 | Henry George - Business & Economics - 2006 - 421 pages
...increase as the numbers i. 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256, and subsistence as i, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, g. In two centuries the population would be to the means of subsistence as 256 to 9; in three centuries, 4,096 to 13, and in two thousand years the difference would be almost incalculable. Such a result is... | |
 | Kenneth Smith - Economics - 2006 - 376 pages
...centuries the population would be to the means of subsistence as 256 to 9 ; in three centuries as 4,096 to 13, and in two thousand years the difference would be almost incalculable.'1 This sounds very impressive, and it was very impressive: it swept his readers off their... | |
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