Artikel
Population Growth: A Comparison of Evolutionary Views
Economists are divided about population growth: the pessimism of neo-Malthusians contrasts strongly with the optimism of cornucopians. Despite their differences, both schools of thought reject economic orthodoxy and prefer evolutionary forms of theory. Their interpretations of evolution are different: the neo-Malthusians appeal to the entropy law, whereas the cornucopians emphasise human creativity expressed through markets. This paper argues that both schools are right to adopt an evolutionary outlook, but that they are too restrictive in their conception of evolution. A more complete evolutionary view, which allows properly for social institutions, could give a more balanced account of population growth.
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Englisch
- Bibliographic citation
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Journal: International Journal of Social Economics ; ISSN: 0306-8293 ; Volume: 22 ; Year: 1995 ; Issue: 6 ; Pages: 3-16 ; Bingley: Emerald Publishing
- Classification
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Wirtschaft
Current Heterodox Approaches: Historical; Institutional; Evolutionary
Current Heterodox Approaches: Austrian
Demographic Economics: General
Demographic Trends, Macroeconomic Effects, and Forecasts
Environment and Development; Environment and Trade; Sustainability; Environmental Accounts and Accounting; Environmental Equity; Population Growth
Ecological Economics: Ecosystem Services; Biodiversity Conservation; Bioeconomics; Industrial Ecology
- Subject
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population growth
neo-Malthusians
cornucopians
economic evolution
markets
institutions
- Event
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Geistige Schöpfung
- (who)
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Jackson, William A.
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Veröffentlichung
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Emerald Publishing
ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics
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Bingley
- (when)
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1995
- DOI
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doi:10.1108/03068299510091160
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- Last update
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10.03.2025, 11:42 AM CET
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Associated
- Jackson, William A.
- Emerald Publishing
- ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics
Time of origin
- 1995
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