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but there is something happening
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which takes us further and further
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from the central tenants of the Malthusian model.
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This is Clarke on real wages
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from 1200 on the left to 1800 on the right
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and the spike in the middle is at least partly attributable to
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the influence of population decline in the century before it.
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I've drawn it so it looks like a much bigger mountain than it is,
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it's actually a very gentle swell
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and you can find a version of it
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no doubt more accurate than mine in Clarke.
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The consumption patterns of ordinary workers