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Adjusting to scarcity / special editor of this volume, Marvin E. Wolfgang.

Title
Adjusting to scarcity / special editor of this volume, Marvin E. Wolfgang.
Publication
Philadelphia : American Academy of Political and Social Science, 1975.

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  • Wolfgang, Marvin E. (Marvin Eugene), 1924-1998
  • American Academy of Political and Social Science
Description
ix, 248 p.; 24 cm.
Summary
A collection of articles addressing various aspects of the topic of scarcity, brought about by increasing population and demand.
Series Statement
The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science ; v. 420
Uniform Title
Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science v. 420.
Subject
  • Natural resources
  • Economic policy
  • Industrial policy
  • Social sciences > Book reviews
Genre/Form
Book reviews
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Preface / Marvin E. Wolfgang -- Population and scarcity of food / Everett S. Lee -- Food, fertilizer, and the new global politics of resource scarcity / James P. Grant -- Natural distribution of metals and some economic effects / Ian D. MacGregor -- Commodity shortages and changes in world trade / Kenji Takeuchi and Bension Varon -- Government response to commodity shortages / Monte E. Canfield, Jr. and John R. Hadd -- Scarcity: prerequisite to abundance / Wilfred Malenbaum -- Petroleum and energy / H. Robert Sharbaugh -- A creative adaptation to a world of rising shortages / Amitai Etzioni -- The developing world in the fifth Kondratieff upswing / W.W. Rostow -- Recent developments in minority and race relations / Milton L. Barron -- Report of the Board of Directors for the year 1974.
ISBN
0877611904 : 0877611912
LCCN
^^^74029624^//r86
OCLC
  • 1637734
  • SCSB-13248227
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Harvard Library