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Appendix II. Examination Questions.

Give an account of any objections that have been brought against Malthus's position, and criticise those

  1. When the growth of population outstrips the progress of improvements, what are the means of relief for the laborer?
  1. Does the increased facility of emigration nullify the Malthusian law of population in your opinion or not, and why?
  1. Explain the law of diminishing return and the Malthusian doctrine of population; and trace the connection between them.

Increase of Production.

  1. 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.
  1. Capital is said to be accumulated by saving; what is saving? Is hoarded money a saving while hoarded?
  1. How far does the increasing productiveness of manufacturing industry tend to neutralize the effect on profits of the diminishing productiveness of agricultural industry?
  1. 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.

  1. What are the essential elements of property? Are the grounds of property in land the same as those of property in movables?
  1. Give what you conceive to be the chief arguments in favor of the institution of private property, as
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