Malthus: Founder of Modern DemographyTransaction Publishers - 302 σελίδες 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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... According to Malthus's principle of population , the natural force of sexual attraction tends to increase the population be- yond the numbers that can be fed . Socialists of every denomina- tion — not only Marx and Engels , but also ...
... According to the economic theory spelled out in Marx's Capi- tal , competition under capitalism drives all entrepreneurs to in- crease their efficiency to the utmost by installing more and more machinery . The growing stock of capital ...
... According to Marx , the principle of population was merely a biological generalization , supposedly valid irrespective of the society's class relations . On the contrary , he asserted , " every spe- cial historical mode of production ...
... According to Marx , " India has no his- tory , " only " successive invaders who founded their empires on the passive basis of that unresisting and unchanging society . " 28 Because India lacked any dynamism of its own , only an external ...
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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 |