Economic, Social and Demographic Thought in the XIXth Century The Population Debate from Malthus to Marx /

• Main Author: Charbit, Yves (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2009.
• Subjects: Social sciences.; Business.; Management science.; Economic history.; Population.; Demography.; Social Sciences.; Business and Management, general.; Population Economics.; Methodology/History of Economic Thought.; Methodology of the Social Sciences.

According to current understanding, Malthus was hostile to an excess of population because it caused social sufferings, while Marx was favourable to demographic growth in so far as a large proletariat was a factor aggravating the contradictions of capitalism. This is unfortunately an oversimplificat...

Table of Contents:

• The Population Controversy and Beyond
• Population, Economic Growth and Religion: Malthus as a Populationist
• From Malthusianism to Populationism: The French Liberal Economists (1840–1870)
• The Malthusian Trap: The Failure of Proudhon
• Capitalism and Population: Marx and Engels Against Malthus
• Beneath Demographic Issues.