Malthus: Founder of Modern DemographyTransaction Publishers - 302 sider Thomas Robert Malthus (1766-1834), one of the most influential of modern thinkers, is also one of the most misunderstood. Malthus' Essay on Population is a work that everyone cites but typically without having read it. This book offers a comprehensive and accurate exposition of his thought, integrating his better-known theory on population with his somewhat neglected analysis of economic development and social structure. |
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... developed countries , one should note , have seldom if ever included the suggestion that the conversion of state enterprises to free enterprise would contribute to the success of the pro- grams . In 1997 , as an important element of ...
... develop- ment . For example , Alfred Sauvy , who was until his death the dean of French demographers , titled one chapter in his princi- pal work " Les pays sousdeveloppes : Marx on Malthus ? Or , as an- other instance , the ...
... a good social system man could escape the bounds of physiology . The later editions of Malthus's Essay classified the world's so- cieties into what we would call developed and less developed xvi Introduction to the Transaction Edition.
Founder of Modern Demography. cieties into what we would call developed and less developed economies , discussing the population pressure typical of each category . Marx , on the contrary , had little or nothing to say about what ...
... developed countries . Neither such direct descendants of Marx as " Maoists " nor such more remote offshoots as " African socialists " have grappled with the issue of what Oriental despotism implies for , among other questions , the ...
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His Life and Work | 21 |
The Principle of Population | 38 |
Minor Quibbles and Gross Misunderstandings | 58 |
Economic Theory | 82 |
The Poor Law and Migration | 100 |
Population Growth | 135 |
Mortality | 156 |
Fertility | 180 |
The Malthusian Heritage | 218 |
Notes | 241 |
Works Cited | 259 |
Index | 291 |