Abstract

The following letter, written in the style of Jonathan Swift's famous "Modest Proposal for Preventing the Children of Poor People from being a Burden to their Parents or the Country," is reprinted by permission of the author from the Washington Post of September 25th. James Newman is a lawyer, mathematician, and one of the Editors of Scientific American. —The EditorsThis article can also be found at the Monthly Review website, where most recent articles are published in full.Click here to purchase a PDF version of this article at the Monthly Review website.

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