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... labor input nor as a matter of ever - increasing labor productivi- ty . There are advances and declines in labor productivity , and both are related to increasing population density . Faced with high densities and environmental ...
... labor input nor as a matter of ever - increasing labor productivi- ty . There are advances and declines in labor productivity , and both are related to increasing population density . Faced with high densities and environmental ...
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... labor systems as plantation and galley slavery . The saving grace of wage - labor systems , of course , is that the producers are paid in money that can be used to purchase subsistence requirements and luxury items in a relatively ...
... labor systems as plantation and galley slavery . The saving grace of wage - labor systems , of course , is that the producers are paid in money that can be used to purchase subsistence requirements and luxury items in a relatively ...
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... labor . As wages get down to subsistence or below subsistence , entrepreneurs still can obtain all the labor they need to produce at a profit . Slavery is one means of accomplishing this rather miraculous result . There may come a time ...
... labor . As wages get down to subsistence or below subsistence , entrepreneurs still can obtain all the labor they need to produce at a profit . Slavery is one means of accomplishing this rather miraculous result . There may come a time ...
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Biological Evolution | 7 |
FIGURES 11 Anthropologists at Work 289 | 8 |
Population Genetics | 13 |
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