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Chapter 4: Disproof of the Malthusian Theory.
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George examines California, where wages fell as population grew, as the strongest apparent case for Malthus. What does he conclude actually explains falling wages there?
A
A genuine, permanent decline in nature's productiveness
B
A shortage of gold in circulation
C
Greater inequality of distribution, not a real decline in labor's productive power (which he argues actually rose)
D
Overregulation by the state government
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