Population Principle

Author: (English) Thomas Malthus (Translated by Ding Wei)
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Publish Date: 2007-02-08
Features: The Principle of Population, a highly controversial masterpiece in economics that deeply influenced academic giants such as Darwin, Marx, and Ricardo. The Principle of Population addresses issues related to population problems, the explosive growth of the world's population, food scarcity, and various measures people have taken to reduce population in hopes of eventually eliminating the mismatch between population and resources. Although the struggle for survival has always been a fundamental human activity, in-depth theoretical discussions on population issues began with the emergence of relative population surplus and other social problems brought about by the industrial revolution of the bourgeoisie. Since the names of population theorists emerged, "Tragedy of the Commons" has become synonymous with population problems. After experiencing the economic depression of the 1930s and the population explosion of the 1970s, the theory that restricting population growth is the foundation for establishing social harmony was once regarded as an unshakable axiom by countries around the world. However, with the rapid rise of China and India as superpopulation powers in the 21st century, the huge population and equally huge market have created a new model for economic takeoff, undoubtedly delivering a blow to Malthus's population theory. The famous argument that population growth will become an insurmountable obstacle to wealth growth will the renowned conclusion of Malthus still become the bottleneck that these emerging giants encounter in their development, as predicted by the Malthusian prophecy? People will wait and see.