The population cycle drives human history - From a eugenic phase into a dysgenic phase and eventual collapse

Journal of Social, Political, and Economic Studies

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 327-358

  Weiss, Volkmar ^a  

^a German Central Office for Genealogy   (Germany)

Author keywords

Darwinism; Democracy; Demographic transition; Dysgenics; Fertility; Francis Galton; Human capital; IQ; Poverty

Indexed keywords

EID: 35448946490     PISSN: 0278839X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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