The economics of population has a long and controversial history as
well as an exciting present. Vociferous popular debate, public
policy, and population economics have unduly influenced one
another: public debate and policy affect the erection of
economists' conclusions just as the results of economists' studies
influence debate and popular thought. The words and theories of
John Maynard Keynes, Thomas R. Malthus, John Stuart Mill, and
Friedrich Engels come to mind immediately. However, many writings
on population economics had little or no influence on public
thought at the time they were written, although they may be seen as
"correct" in light of modern developments. In fact, many of the
ideas contained in these writings were publicly debated but then
ignored for a long time, reappearing much later or reinvented
independently. The Economics of Population, edited by Julian L.
Simon, traces the history of population economics. This is a
century-spanning collection of essays from foremost influential
economic theorists, arranged to illustrate thought development and
its numerous reversals. The first section includes essays from
Joseph J. Spengler, John Graunt, William Petty, Thomas R. Malthus,
William Godwin, and David Ricardo. Theorists such as Alexander
Everett, William Peterson, Simon Gray, Henry C. Carey, John Stuart
Mill, Friedrich Engels, Henry George, and Charles Fourier are the
subject of the volume's second section. Finally, Simon covers the
effect of population density and cities on productivity, and the
effect of density on agricultural practices and natural resources.
Essays from this section include John Maynard Keynes' "Is Britain
Overpopulated?" and "The Economic Consequences of Peace" as well as
selections from Lionel Robbins, George Simmel, and Alvin H. Hansen.
Simon's long-term focus reflects the evolution of population
movements. He does not restrict himself to writings that have been
important in the historical chain of intellectual influence.
Rather, he guides us to key works which shed light on the
intellectual history of population economics. Simon includes some
essays that, while greatly influential, can also be seen as
fundamentally wrong in light of later work. As such, The Economics
of Population will be of great value to political economists,
sociologists of knowledge, and historians of ideas.
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