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We may now be living in a " golden age ” when , in spite of a widely acknowledged feeling of malaise , the quality of life is , on the average , higher than ever before in history and higher now than the future offers . > 4.
We may now be living in a " golden age ” when , in spite of a widely acknowledged feeling of malaise , the quality of life is , on the average , higher than ever before in history and higher now than the future offers . > 4.
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We are at the point where higher pressures in the present are necessary if insurmountable pressures are to be avoided in the future . As a fourth characteristic , social systems are inherently insensitive to most policy changes that ...
We are at the point where higher pressures in the present are necessary if insurmountable pressures are to be avoided in the future . As a fourth characteristic , social systems are inherently insensitive to most policy changes that ...
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Figure 5-11 adds the same higher agricultural productivity to the conditions of Figure 5-8 . The effect is to raise population higher before the pollution crisis develops . The higher availability of food allows capital to be ...
Figure 5-11 adds the same higher agricultural productivity to the conditions of Figure 5-8 . The effect is to raise population higher before the pollution crisis develops . The higher availability of food allows capital to be ...
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Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Toward a Global Equilibrium | 119 |
Epilogue | 123 |
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accumulate action actual agriculture appear assumed assumptions average become behavior better billion birth rate capital investment CAPITAL-INVESTMENT cause Chapter consequences continue created crowding curve death rate decline defined depends described developed discard discussed dynamic effect environment equation equilibrium examine existing expect factors falling Figure food production food ratio forces fraction further future gives grow growth higher improve increase indicates industrialization influence INITIAL land less limit LOGICAL FUNCTION loop lower material standard means mental mode MULTIPLIER DIMENSIONLESS natural resources NATURAL-RESOURCE needed normal NREM occurs person policies pollution crisis pollution ratio POLR population possible present pressures probably processes rate normal RATIO DIMENSIONLESS reaches reduced relationship remaining represents result rise sector shortage shown shows social systems space standard of living stop structure SWITCH TABLE taken tion understand UNITS usage variable world system