This paper presents a simple model of preindustrial population dynamics, one that brings together the theoretical insights of Thomas Robert Malthus and Ester Boserup. Central to the model is the ...
Hosted on MSN
Misunderstood Malthus: The English thinker whose name is synonymous with doom and gloom has lessons for today
No one uses “Malthusian” as a compliment. Since 1798, when the economist and cleric Thomas Malthus first published “An Essay on the Principles of Population,” the “Malthusian” position – the idea that ...
The same week that the final tennis Grand Slam of the season begins, Newport Beach professional tennis player Julia Boserup begins her final semester at Penn State University. Boserup, who takes ...
The dynamics of land utilization -- The interdependence of land use and technical change -- Labour productivity under long-fallow and short-fallow systems -- Carrying capacity of land and productivity ...
What role has intense population pressure played (and continues to play) in ancient and contemporary transformations in Burundian agriculture? A considerable disincentive to development and source of ...
Thomas Malthus had a point. Had, that is, a point. I mean, some of his 18th century ideas are generally true, but his predictions didn’t seem to pan out the way he predicted, especially in ...
Some results have been hidden because they may be inaccessible to you
Show inaccessible results
Feedback