political arithmetic

English

political arithmetic (uncountable)

(now archaic or historical) The demographic statistics of a country or state. [from 17th c.]
- 1776, Adam Smith, The Wealth of Nations:
  I have no great faith in political arithmetic, and I mean not to warrant the exactness of either of these computations.
- 2012, Faramerz Dabhoiwala, The Origins of Sex, Penguin 2013, p. 221:
  The most basic effect of political arithmetic was namely to establish that a nation's strength depended above all on the number of inhabitants [...].

单词	political arithmetic
释义	political arithmetic English Noun political arithmetic (uncountable) (now archaic or historical) The demographic statistics of a country or state. [from 17th c.] 1776, Adam Smith, The Wealth of Nations: I have no great faith in political arithmetic, and I mean not to warrant the exactness of either of these computations. 2012, Faramerz Dabhoiwala, The Origins of Sex, Penguin 2013, p. 221: The most basic effect of political arithmetic was namely to establish that a nation's strength depended above all on the number of inhabitants [...].
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