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It appears that with rising material standard of living , birth rate and death rate
both decline and partially compensate . This results in less change in the number
of surviving children per family 1 . 5 BRMMT Eq . 3 . 1 TO 34 Chapter Three.
It appears that with rising material standard of living , birth rate and death rate
both decline and partially compensate . This results in less change in the number
of surviving children per family 1 . 5 BRMMT Eq . 3 . 1 TO 34 Chapter Three.
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Some of these characteristics were first identified in the work at M . I . T . with
corporate and urban systems and now appear again in the way people interact
with the world system to sustain a series of crises . Initially the characteristics of
social ...
Some of these characteristics were first identified in the work at M . I . T . with
corporate and urban systems and now appear again in the way people interact
with the world system to sustain a series of crises . Initially the characteristics of
social ...
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Judgment and debate lead to programs that appear to be sound . Commitment
increases to the apparent solutions . If the presumed solutions actually make
matters worse , the process by which this happens is not evident . So , when the ...
Judgment and debate lead to programs that appear to be sound . Commitment
increases to the apparent solutions . If the presumed solutions actually make
matters worse , the process by which this happens is not evident . So , when the ...
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Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Structure of the World System | 17 |
Limits to Growth | 67 |
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