A Syllogism for the Small Farm

Pisistratus’Theorem, Under Sharp Critical Analysis, Is Found to Be Logical, Even After 2,000 Years

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ID2802703
AuthorsWalter Firey (Credo Reference (United States), corresponding author)
Year1990
Volume49
Issue3
Pages283-292
Publication date1990-07-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Economics and Sociology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0002-9246 • E-ISSN: 1536-7150
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1536-7150.1990.tb02281.x
OpenAlexW1564563001
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited11

Access to the land for low-income households has long been considered a contributing factor to political stability. The reasoning behind this hypothesis can be given the form of a deductive argument whose premises assert implications that link greater real income with greater well-being for the poor; greater well-being with greater political acquiescence of the poor; greater real income of the poor with a greater downward redistribution of wealth; and greater political acquiescence with greater governability of the poor. The kinds of productive activities which will satisfy these implications are those involved in subsistence farming. From the premises the conclusion follows that greater governability of the poor is a consequence of the greater downward redistribution of wealth that accompanies subsistence farming

Acquiescence · Agriculture · Argument (complex analysis) · Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · Geography · Political instability · Political science · Politics · Redistribution (election) · Redistribution of income and wealth · Subsistence agriculture · Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development · Income, Poverty, and Inequality · Law · Microfinance and Financial Inclusion

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