The Malthusian ControversyRoutledge, 5 Νοε 2013 - 368 σελίδες This book, first published in 1951, focuses on the hitherto ignored contemporary critics of Malthus, giving them the attention they so rightly deserve. Dr Smith traces the Malthusian controversy step by step, from 1798, the date of the First Essay, to the death of Malthus in 1834. Investigating the precursors of Malthus and the genesis of the Malthusian Theory of Population, the book subjects the theory to a searching analysis in the light of not only contemporary criticism, but also subsequent developments and modern ideas. In addition, the book examines the application of the theory to the doctrine of perfectibility, to wages, to the poor laws, to emigration, and to the birth control movement. Fully annotated and written in an easy style, this work is indispensable to serious students of both population problems and the development of economic thought. Broad in scope, The Malthusian Controversy presents a new perspective on the most urgent of modern issues, the problem of world population. |
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... equal. 6This implies a strong and constantly operating check on population from the difficulty of subsistence. This difficulty must fall some where; and must necessarily be severely felt by a large portion of mankind,(pp. 13-14). There ...
... equal, it seems natural to expect, that, wherever there are most happiness and virtue, and the wisest institutions, there will also be most people.5. (pp. 383-384). Here we have all the ingredients of the Malthusian theory: in fact ...
... numbers are 1 Wallace must be regarded as having anticipated Malthus in the most important of his conclusions. directly affected by political maxims and institutions concerning land. Equal 20 THE ORIGINS OF THE THEORY.
Kenneth Smith. directly affected by political maxims and institutions concerning land. Equal division means that the land will be well supplied with people. In particular, inducements to marriage and every encouragement for agriculture ...
... equal in number. It is obvious that population cannot grow indefinitely, as the earth can only feed a certain number of people, but growth will cease of its own accord. Later marriages and fewer births will bring about an equilibrium ...
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THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CONTROVERSY | 45 |
CRITICAL ANALYSIS | 207 |
THE APPLICATION OF
THE THEORY | 273 |
Conclusion
| 324 |
Bibliography
| 335 |
Subject Index
| 341 |