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Private Bag: The Limits of the Golden Rule

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Under conditions of shortage, steady growth in population or in economic production makes living by the Golden Rule a blueprint for moral disaster.

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    Herschel Elliott

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Elliott, H. Private Bag: The Limits of the Golden Rule. Population and Environment 20, 561–565 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1023322317785

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