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Malthus and the Utilitarians
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 07 November 2014
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- Canadian Journal of Economics and Political Science/Revue canadienne de economiques et science politique , Volume 28 , Issue 2 , May 1962 , pp. 268 - 274
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- Copyright © Canadian Political Science Association 1962
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