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Prosperous paupers and affluent savages

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  1. Development Studies, the American Enterprise Institute and the Harvard University Center for Population, USA

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His latest book is Tyranny of Numbers: Mismanagement and Misrule.His articles have appeared in The Public Interest, Commentary, and Society.

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Eberstadt, N. Prosperous paupers and affluent savages. Soc 33, 17–25 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02700318

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