Progress and Poverty · Character
Benjamin Franklin
American polymath and statesman, cited for observations on population and economy.
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Also known as Dr. Franklin, Franklin
First appearance: ii inferences from facts
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In The Problem: Franklin is imagined as a man of the last century who would have marveled at modern inventions and expected them to abolish poverty. Later, in Insufficiency of Remedies Currently Advocated: Cited as an…
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- Classical Economic Thinkers
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- The Problem
- Insufficiency of Remedies Currently Advocated
- From the Diffusion of Education and Improved Habits of Industry and Thrift
- II: Differences in Civilization—To What Due
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