The Macroeconomics of Malthus

ISBN-13: 9780367752255 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 268 str.

John Pullen

Opis

The views of Thomas Robert Malthus on population and microeconomics continue to be debated. There is also a widely held view that his macroeconomics lacks coherence. This book challenges this by presenting textual evidence that Malthus’ macroeconomics constitutes a significant system of thought with considerable academic merit.

Spis treści

IntroductionI Malthus’s methodologyII Saving, investment, and consumptionIII Effective demand and effective supplyIV Manufacturing, machinery, and inventionsV Population growth and per capita economic growthVI Land, landlords, rent, and diminishing returnsVII Labour and WagesVIII Capital, profits, interest, investment, and the wages- profits relationIX Say’s LawX Laissez-faire and government intervention. Private sector and public sectorXI Unproductive labour and unproductive consumptionXII Causes of growth and depression: Malthus’s theory and alternativesXIII Distribution, redistribution, and the balance between economic equality and economic inequalityXIV Malthus and recent debates on economic inequalityXV Conclusion

O autorze

John Pullen is Adjunct Associate Professor at the University of New England, Armidale, New South Wales, Australia.