Give an account of any objections that have been brought against Malthus's position, and criticise those
- When the growth of population outstrips the progress of improvements, what are the means of relief for the laborer?
- Does the increased facility of emigration nullify the Malthusian law of population in your opinion or not, and why?
- Explain the law of diminishing return and the Malthusian doctrine of population; and trace the connection between them.
Increase of Production.
- Compare the motives to saving in the case of savages, and of a country like the United States. State the causes of diversity in the strength of the effective desire of accumulation.
- Capital is said to be accumulated by saving; what is saving? Is hoarded money a saving while hoarded?
- How far does the increasing productiveness of manufacturing industry tend to neutralize the effect on profits of the diminishing productiveness of agricultural industry?
- What conclusion as to the limit to the increase of production does Mr. Mill deduce from his investigation of the laws of the various requisites of production?
Property.
- What are the essential elements of property? Are the grounds of property in land the same as those of property in movables?
- Give what you conceive to be the chief arguments in favor of the institution of private property, as