来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：资本主义：成功、危机与改革 第2集 第2集》
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and Malthus asserted that that couldn't be done.马尔萨斯断言这是不可行的 -
Now we'll see, and we know in our own experience,现在我们想想 以我们自己的经验来看 -
that he was mistaken.马尔萨斯弄错了 -
Production has done exactly that通过了解资本密集型生产我们可以知道 -
through the introduction of capital intensive production.生产正是像人口一样增长 -
The pessimism in this scenario can be linked这种背景下的悲观情绪可以和 -
to a correct intuition about England英国或其它任何农业社会的 -
or any other agricultural society直觉联系起来 -
in the period from let's say 1200 to 1800,就说从1200年到1800年吧 -
that's the period Clarke chooses.也就是克拉克选择的时间段 -
The first thing that is--第一件 -
that strikes you about this is让你震撼的事情就是