Posts Tagged Malthusian Trap
Pietro Peretto (Duke) on The Economics of Prosperity on a Finite Planet
Posted by sangus in Growth, Podcast, Sustainability on 1 May, 2012
Pietro Peretto (Duke)
Pietro Peretto, Professor of Economics, Duke University, is tackling the very biggest topic in Economics — How can humanity experience increasing living standards in a world of finite resources? Or more particularly, does the stabilisation of population levels imply the cessation of economic prosperity gains? Professor Peretto is a theorist who has been developing analytical models of human output and interaction with the environment. Professor Peretto was in Melbourne recently for the 17th Australasian Macroeconomic Workshop, at Monash University.
Read the paper on which this Podcast is based: Peretto, Pietro F. and Valente, Simone, Growth on a Finite Planet: Resources, Technology and Population in the Long Run (June 29, 2011). Economic Research Initiatives at Duke (ERID) Working Paper No. 103.
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Greg Clark on Social Darwinianism and the Industrial Revolution
Posted by sangus in Development, Growth, Interview, Podcast on 30 April, 2009
Greg Clark, Professor of Economics at University of California, Davis and author of A Farewell to Alms was recently in Australia to present a seminar on his controversial theory of Social Darwinianism to explain the industrial revolution in England. Prof. Davis, was kind enough to speak to EconomicsNow! about this work, the Malthusian Trap and why doing Economic History is well worth the effort!
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