Malthus: Founder of Modern DemographyRoutledge, 16. jan. 2018 - 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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... noted that “the demand for laborers may exceed the supply and, therefore, wages may rise.”23 The forecasts of demographers in the 1930s that Western populations would soon decline were proved wrong by the baby boom following the Second ...
... noted that a rise in population size and density would intensify the division of labor, “leading to greater responsibilities of the state administration as it takes over more kinds of enterprise and converts them into public services ...
... noted the many contexts in which The Wealth of Nations exemplified one of its central doctrines: since political behavior, no less than the economic behavior, is typically motivated by self-interest, policies that are ostensibly adopted ...
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2 His Life and Work | 21 |
3 The Principle of Population | 38 |
4 Minor Quibbles and Gross Misunderstandings | 58 |
5 Economic Theory | 82 |
6 The Poor Law and Migration | 100 |
7 Population Growth | 135 |
8 Mortality | 156 |
9 Fertility | 180 |
10 The Malthusian Heritage | 218 |
Notes | 241 |
Works Cited | 259 |
Index | 291 |