Population Theories and the Economic Interpretation
Author : Sydney H. Coontz
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Page : pages
File Size : 44,24 MB
Release : 1998
Category :
ISBN : 9780415178198
Author : Sydney H. Coontz
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 44,24 MB
Release : 1998
Category :
ISBN : 9780415178198
Author : Sydney H. Coontz
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 41,95 MB
Release : 2013-07-04
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 113622890X
First published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Author : Sidney Harry Coontz
Publisher : Routledge/Thoemms Press
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 15,44 MB
Release : 1957
Category : Social Science
ISBN :
From Books Back Cover: Thomas Robert Malthus (1766-1834) is best remembered today for his theories on the menace of over-population; this first ever full-length biography shows him also in his role as one of the founders of classical political economy, and still a controversial figure in the history of economic thought. Based on exhaustive research among contemporary sources, it gives an account of Malthus's two careers, as an economist and as a professor at the East India College.
Author : Sidney Harry Coontz
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 39,50 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Family
ISBN : 9780415175319
Author : T. R. Malthus
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 29,58 MB
Release : 2012-03-13
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0486115771
The first major study of population size and its tremendous importance to the character and quality of society, this classic examines the tendency of human numbers to outstrip their resources.
Author : Julian Lincoln Simon
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 589 pages
File Size : 49,22 MB
Release : 2019-04-23
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0691197652
Comparison with stationary and very fast rates of population growth shows modern population grwoth to have long-run positive effects on the standards of living. This is Julian Simon's contention, and he provides support for its validity in both more and less-developed countries. He notes that since each person constitutes a burden in the short run, whether population growth is judged good or bad depends on the importance the short run is accorded relative to the long run. The author first analyzes empirical data, formulating his conclusions using simulation models. He then reviews our knowledge of the effect of economic level upon population growth. A final section of his book considers the framework of welfare economics and values within which population policy decisions are now made. He finds that the implications of policy decisions can prove inconsistent with the values that prompt their recommendation. Originally published in 1977. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
Author : Alison Bashford
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 11,29 MB
Release : 2017-11-07
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0691177910
This book is a sweeping global and intellectual history that radically recasts our understanding of Malthus's Essay on the Principle of Population, the most famous book on population ever written or ever likely to be. Malthus's Essay is also persistently misunderstood. First published anonymously in 1798, the Essay systematically argues that population growth tends to outpace its means of subsistence unless kept in check by factors such as disease, famine, or war, or else by lowering the birth rate through such means as sexual abstinence. Challenging the widely held notion that Malthus's Essay was a product of the British and European context in which it was written, Alison Bashford and Joyce Chaplin demonstrate that it was the new world, as well as the old, that fundamentally shaped Malthus's ideas.
Author : David Bloom
Publisher : Rand Corporation
Page : 127 pages
File Size : 43,65 MB
Release : 2003-02-13
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0833033735
There is long-standing debate on how population growth affects national economies. A new report from Population Matters examines the history of this debate and synthesizes current research on the topic. The authors, led by Harvard economist David Bloom, conclude that population age structure, more than size or growth per se, affects economic development, and that reducing high fertility can create opportunities for economic growth if the right kinds of educational, health, and labor-market policies are in place. The report also examines specific regions of the world and how their differing policy environments have affected the relationship between population change and economic development.
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Page : 24 pages
File Size : 45,37 MB
Release : 1984
Category : Crops and climate
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Author : Yves Charbit
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 12,84 MB
Release : 2009-03-31
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1402099606
According to current understanding, Malthus was hostile to an excess of population because it caused social sufferings, while Marx was favourable to demographic growth in so far as a large proletariat was a factor aggravating the contradictions of capitalism. This is unfortunately an oversimplification. Both raised the same crucial question: when considered as an economic variable, how does population fit into the analysis of economic growth? Even though they started from the same analytical standpoint, Marx established a very different diagnosis from that of Malthus and built a social doctrine no less divergent. The book also discusses the theoretical and doctrinal contribution of the liberal economists, writing at the onset of the industrial revolution in France (1840-1870), and those of their contemporary, Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, who shared with Marx the denunciation of the capitalist system. By paying careful attention to the social, economic, and political context, this book goes beyond the shortcomings of the classification between pro- and anti-populationism. It sheds new light over nineteenth century controversies over population in France, a case study for Europe.