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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... produce their means of subsistence , ... [ by which they are ] indirectly producing their actual material life .... This production only makes its appear- ance with the increase of population . " '' The last important element in a ...
... production has its own special laws of population , historically valid within its limits alone . " 25 By con- trasting humans and all other species , Marx was seemingly claim- ing that man can transgress all biological limitations — a ...
... production . " 27 Marx examined this fifth class of societies mainly in his articles on India , but for him and Engels China , Russia , and some other countries were also included in it . The distinctive attribute of Oriental despotism ...
... produce more than can be bought with the incomes available . It is remarkable how little in this body of writings pertains to an increase in population — which mitigates the effects of underconsumption at least until the chil- dren are ...
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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 |