Today we look in depth at the arguments of Benjamin Franklin’s 1751 essay “Observations on the Increase of Mankind, etc.,” which looks at the dynamics of population growth, stagnation, and decline in different conditions, namely in the countryside, cities, old populated countries, and, especially, the New World.
American Visionary: Benjamin Franklin’s…
Today we look in depth at the arguments of Benjamin Franklin’s 1751 essay “Observations on the Increase of Mankind, etc.,” which looks at the dynamics of population growth, stagnation, and decline in different conditions, namely in the countryside, cities, old populated countries, and, especially, the New World.