Nick Broten

An Analysis of Thomas Robert Malthus's An Essay on the Principle of Population

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Produktbeschreibung

One of the most influential books on economics ever written, Malthus' work remains one of the most controversial, too. Arguing that unchecked population growth will eventually outstrip food availability and lead to famine and disease, this 1798 work inspired naturalists Darwin and Wallace to develop the theory of natural selection.

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Produktdetails

• The Macat Library
• Verlag: Macat International Limited
• Seitenzahl: 96
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Juli 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 198mm x 129mm x 6mm
• Gewicht: 114g
• ISBN-13: 9781912127788
• ISBN-10: 1912127784
• Artikelnr.: 48873372

Autorenporträt

Nick Broten was educated at the London School of Economics and the California Institute of Technology. He is doing postgraduate work at the Pardee RAND Graduate School and works as an assistant policy analyst at RAND. His current policy interests include designing distribution methods for end-of-life care, closing labour market skill gaps, and understanding biases in risk-taking by venture capitalists.

Inhaltsangabe

Ways In to the Text Who was Thomas Robert Malthus? What does An Essay on
the Principle of Population Say? Why does An Essay on the Principle of
Population Matter? Section 1: Influences Module 1: The Author and the
Historical Context Module 2: Academic Context Module 3: The Problem Module
4: The Author's Contribution Section 2: Ideas Module 5: Main Ideas Module
6: Secondary Ideas Module 7: Achievement Module 8: Place in the Author's
Work Section 3: Impact Module 9: The First Responses Module 10: The
Evolving Debate Module 11: Impact and Influence Today Module 12: Where
Next? Glossary of Terms People Mentioned in the Text Works Cited