... authors. France in the ancien régime needed manpower to sustain its military and eco- nomic might. Hence “populationism”—the doctrine that the state ought to promote population—was taken for granted. In implementing this policy, some theory, implicit or explicit, was inevitable. Bit by bit the key...

...Geoffrey Gilbert History of Political Economy 12:l o 1980 by Duke University Press Economic growth and the poor in Malthus’ Essay on Population Geoffrey Gilbert, Hobart and William Smith Colleges...

... 0 1981 by Duke University Press Malthus’ theological ideas and their influence on his principle of population J. M. Pullen, University of New England, New South Wales I Malthus’ views on population are well known, having been the subject...

...Michael E. Bradley Copyright © 1983 by Duke University Press 1983 Hisrory of Political Economy 15:3 0 1983 by Duke University Press Mill on proprietorship, productivity, and population: a theoretical...

... . The Ricardian Socialists . New York: Columbia University Press. Malthus , Thomas . 1989 . An Essay on the Principle of Population . Edited by Patricia James, Vol. 1 . Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Micklewright , F. H. Amphlett . 1961-62 . The Rise and Decline of English Neo...

...Monica S. Fong Copyright © 1976 by Duke University Press 1976 Monica Fong is Fellow of the East-West Population Institute in Honolulu. Monica S. Fong The Swedish economist Knut Wicksell (1851-1926) is little known for his writings on population. His contribution to economics...

...Geoffrey Gilbert Patricia James. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1979. Pp. 524. $43.50. William Petersen. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1979. Pp. 302. $17.50. Copyright © 1981 by Duke University Press 1981 BOOK REVZE WS Population Malthus: His Life...

.... The theme of this book is the dramatic shift in economic thinking on population which took place in France in the thirty years 1840-1870, and special attention is given to the interaction between events and ideas. During the 1830s and the 1840s Malthus’s influence was widespread; but by the 1860s...

...: a centennial review.’ Yale Review 7 : 153 -67. Flew , A. 1970 . Introduction to T. R. Malthus, Essay on the principle of population (Harmondsworth), 7 -56. Gilbert , G. 1980 . ‘Economic growth and the poor in Malthus’ Essay on Population.' History of Political Economy 12 : 83 -96...

.... 1977 . Concentration in Modern Industry . London: Macmillan. Hannan , M. T. , and G. R. Carroll. 1992 . Dynamics of Organizational Populations: Density, Legitimation, and Competition . New York: Oxford University Press. Hannan , M. T. , and J. Freeman. 1989 . Organizational Ecology...

... Justice . Edited by K. Codell Carter. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ____. [1794] 1986 . Caleb Williams . London: New English Library. Hollander, S. 1997 . The Economics of Thomas Robert Malthus . Toronto: University of Toronto Press. Hume, D. [1742] 1963 . Of the Populousness of Ancient...

...Robert W. Dimand By John Toye. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000. 260 pp. Cloth$49.95. 2003 Chandavarkar, Anand. 2000 . Was Keynes Anti-Semitic? Economic and Political Weekly 35.19 (6-12 May): 1619 -24. 784 Book Reviews Keynes on Population. By John Toye. Oxford...

...Winston C. Bush Copyright © 1973 by Duke University Press 1973 Population and Mills’ Peasant- Proprietor Economy Winston C. Bush AMONGthe classical economists “the advantage . . . of small properties in land” was “one of the most...

... 10.1215/00182702-2008-046 Family Fictions and Family Facts: Harriet Martineau, Adolphe Quetelet, and the Population Question in England, 1798–1859. By Brian P. Cooper. Abingdon, U.K.: Routledge. xiv; 294 pp. $60.00. As an unintended consequence of Malthus’s Whiggish polemic against Godwin’s...

...Joseph J. Spengler Copyright © 1969 by Duke University Press 1969 Cassel on Population Joseph J. Spengler I have done what I had to do. And I have done it with joy. GTJSTAVCASSEL, in his...

... promoted by populationists would likely prove too kinetic for Hobbes's sovereign to effectively manage. If populationism relies on the invisible mechanisms of political economy to regulate inflows and outflows, the Leviathan requires a much greater degree of direct control over its populations. From...

... inattention to the issue and disagreement over its importance to his eco- nomic thought. Skidelsky (1992) largely downplays the subject as a passing and eventually abandoned fancy of Keynes s early career, and Moggridge (1992) confines his discussion to Keynes s formative writing on population and Malthus...

... on matters relating to economic theory and policy. They are presented under the following headings: Say’s law; population; checks to population; William Godwin on population and institutions; emigration; the Poor Laws; land and rent; land taxes; manufactures; productive and unproductive labor...

...John Pullen A well-known and fundamental element in the population theory of Thomas Robert Malthus is the concept of prudential or moral restraint. A less well-known but just as fundamental element is the “desire of bettering our condition,” also described by Malthus as the “ vis medicatrix...

... in a specific photographic way. The three populations studied by Galton were people suffering tuberculosis, Jews, and criminals. This essay argues that despite the fact that Galton aimed at mechanical objectivity, subjective judgements nevertheless appear to be a necessary part of this kind of inductive...