Talk:Staples thesis

inhibiting economic growth
The last sentence of this article, added sometime in 2007, reads, "The staples thesis demonstrates that reliance on the exportation of raw materials inhibits economic growth.". This wasn't part of the original, Canadian version of the thesis, which was simply about how economic organization impacts cultural and political organization. Is it part of some other version of the thesis? If so, is there a citation to who holds this version? --Delirium (talk) 00:28, 2 June 2008 (UTC)

Actually, the last sentence directly contradicts the rest of the article, which basically states that Canada's economic development took off thanks to initial commodities export. I think the last sentence ought to deleted unless it is embedded in further explanation of the general debate on staples theory. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.35.232.159 (talk) 15:18, 26 November 2008 (UTC)

Canada-centric
Isn't it redundant to note this article as Canada-centric since the article relates directly to a Canadian? NorthernThunder (talk) 02:55, 2 June 2008 (UTC)


 * Agreed. I propose you remove. No need to wait another 2 years for additional replies. Thanks, Hu Gadarn (talk) 20:56, 8 May 2010 (UTC)

Merge with Metropolitan-hinterland thesis
I think this is mostly identical, it's worth noting that The Canadian Encyclopedia lists Innis who is mention in the Metropolitan-Hinterland-Hypothesis as one of the main authors of the Staples thesis but doesn't mention him for the Metropolitan-Hinterland-hypothesis, which seems to be a subidea by N. S. B. Gras. There is little reason for having two lemmata on the same thing. -- Liberaler Humanist (talk) 02:38, 15 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Oppose the merge of the Staples thesis to either of the the proposed targets, at it seems to be quite different. However, Metropolitan-hinterland thesis and Metropolitan thesis seem to be very closely related, with Metropolitan-hinterland thesis having a more international flavor and being more modern. What might work is to merge Metropolitan thesis (as Canada-specific) into the broader Metropolitan-hinterland thesis article. Klbrain (talk) 09:46, 29 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Complete the only uncontested merge. Klbrain (talk) 16:09, 16 October 2022 (UTC)