MMW 14 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Industrial Revolution, Reprobation, John Stuart Mill
22 Feb 2018
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Making of the modern world 14 mr. bolar revolution, industry, and empire. You need to be familiar with the historical context and signi cance of the following names and terms from your readings and lectures. Be sure you are able to address the appropriate who? what? where? and when?", and most importantly, why? issues associated with each one. Malthus proposes the principle that human populations grow exponentially while food production grows at an arithmetic rate. Things that are consistent with the malthusian economy: inequality/ regional variation in population/regional variation in living standards/cultural change/new technology. Institutions that encourage fewer children raise living standards. Thomas malthus: malthus was a political economist who was concerned about, what he saw as, the decline of living conditions in nineteenth century england. He blamed this decline on three elements: the overproduction of young; the inability of resources to keep up with the rising human population; and the irresponsibility of the lower classes.
