The per worker production function attempts to model how much a single employee will produce based on either land available or capital invested. The Malthusian model bases it solely on land while the ...

Two centuries ago an English philosopher named Thomas Malthus reached some nightmarish conclusions about the future of humanity that guaranteed him an immortal role in one of the most emotionally ...

In the sustainability era, many see population growth as damaging to economic development. Yet before the days of climate change and environmental degradation, scholars found that a growing population ...