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Population Theories: Malthusian Model- Key Aspects of Malthusian Model, Postulates of Malthusian Model, Critics of Malthusian Model, Importance of Malthusian Model

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Population Theories, Population Pyramids and Overpopulation

Introduction

There are various theories of population (growth) ; many people have put forwards ideas, which explain population dynamics at least in part. Important models for population growth are:

Malthusian Model

It is one of the most important models to understand population growth and is given by Malthus, in his book “An essay of the principles of population” in 1798. According to him, population increases faster than means of subsistence and population absorbs all economic gains unless controlled by preventive or positive checks. We disc…

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Population Theories: The Optimum Theory of Population, Marxian Model

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The Optimum Theory of Population

Optimum theory of population was propounded by Edwin Cannan in his book Wealth published in 1924 and popularized by Robbins, Dalton, and Carr-Saunders. Unlike the Malthusian theory, the optimum theory is not concerned with food supply. Rather, it is concerned with the relation between the size of population and production of wealth. It is the ideal population which leads to maximum prosperity, where prosperity has been defined in various ways. We will discuss more about optimum population in a separate t…

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