Audiobook1 hour
A Macat Analysis of Thomas Robert Malthus's An Essay on the Principle of Population
Written by Nick Broten
Narrated by Macat.com
Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
4.5/5
()
About this audiobook
One of the most influential books on economics ever written, Thomas Robert Malthus’s An Essay on the Principle of Population remains one of the most controversial too. This 1798 work inspired naturalists Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace to develop the theory of natural selection. But it has also sparked criticism—Karl Marx famously called Malthus a “lackey of the bourgeoisie.” Yet this hasn’t stopped leading present-day environmentalists from taking up Malthus’s ideas.
Malthus foresees a time when available resources will not sustain the growing population. To save society, he concludes, population growth must be reined in. Malthus advocates minimizing government support for the poor, which he believes leads to more births and ultimately more hardship. He also insists that individual sexual restraint is a vital way to control population growth.
The adjective “Malthusian” still pops up today, describing a group of thinkers and writers who share a particular concern about overpopulation—and a common approach to its analysis.
Malthus foresees a time when available resources will not sustain the growing population. To save society, he concludes, population growth must be reined in. Malthus advocates minimizing government support for the poor, which he believes leads to more births and ultimately more hardship. He also insists that individual sexual restraint is a vital way to control population growth.
The adjective “Malthusian” still pops up today, describing a group of thinkers and writers who share a particular concern about overpopulation—and a common approach to its analysis.
More audiobooks from Nick Broten
A Macat Analysis of John P. Kotter’s Leading Change: Why Transformation Efforts Fail Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Macat Analysis of Milton Friedman’s The Role of Monetary Policy Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5A Macat Analysis of Amartya Sen's Development as Freedom Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Macat Analysis of C. L. R. James's The Black Jacobins Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5A Macat Analysis of Friedrich Hayek's The Road to Serfdom Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5A Macat Analysis of Thomas Piketty's Capital in the Twenty-First Century Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Related to A Macat Analysis of Thomas Robert Malthus's An Essay on the Principle of Population
Related audiobooks
A Macat Analysis of Alexis de Tocqueville's Democracy in America Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Political Philosophy: An audio course on Western Political Theory Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Democracy: A Guided Tour Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Open Society and Its Enemies: New One-Volume Edition Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Leviathan Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Karl Marx An Essay Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsKarl Marx: The Communist Manifesto Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Lost History of Liberalism: From Ancient Rome to the Twenty-First Century Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Proposed Roads to Freedom Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Leave Me Alone and I'll Make You Rich: How the Bourgeois Deal Enriched the World Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Kant’s Foundations of Ethics Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Macat Analysis of Robert A. Dahl’s Who Governs? Democracy and Power in an American City Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsUnderstanding Karl Marx Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Post-Liberalism: Recovering A Shared World Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Macat Analysis of Thomas Hobbes's Leviathan Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Macat Analysis of Max Weber's The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5A Macat Analysis of Robert E. Lucas Jr.’s Why Doesn't Capital Flow from Rich to Poor Countries? Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5A Macat Analysis of John Rawls’s A Theory of Justice Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Macat Analysis of Adam Smith’s The Wealth of Nations Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Macat Analysis of John Stuart Mill's On Liberty Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Macat Analysis of Jack A. Goldstone's Revolution and Rebellion in the Early Modern World Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Macat Analysis of Thomas Piketty's Capital in the Twenty-First Century Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Macat Analysis of John Stuart Mill's Utilitarianism Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Macat Analysis of Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Macat Analysis of David Hume’s Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5A Macat Analysis of René Descartes's Meditations on First Philosophy Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5A Macat Analysis of Immanuel Kant's Critique of Pure Reason Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Macat Analysis of Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel’s The Phenomenology of Spirit Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Social Science For You
Demon Copperhead: A Novel Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Come As You Are: Revised and Updated: The Surprising New Science That Will Transform Your Sex Life Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Kindred Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Lonely Dad Conversations Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Road Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Leave the World Behind: A Novel Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Parable of the Sower Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Name of the Wind Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Black AF History: The Un-Whitewashed Story of America Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Overstory Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Song of Achilles: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Radiolab: Journey Through The Human Body Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Hate U Give Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Year of Magical Thinking Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness, 10th Anniversary Edition Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Guns, Germs and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Attention Span: A Groundbreaking Way to Restore Balance, Happiness and Productivity Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Radiolab: Mixtape: How The Cassette Changed The World Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Deepest Well: Healing the Long-Term Effects of Childhood Adversity Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Land of Delusion: Out on the edge with the crackpots and conspiracy-mongers remaking our shared reality Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Left Hand of Darkness Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Reviews for A Macat Analysis of Thomas Robert Malthus's An Essay on the Principle of Population
Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
4.5/5
2 ratings0 reviews