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The Economic Development of Malthusia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 November 2008

Austin Robinson
Austin Robinson
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University of Cambridge
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One hundred and seventy five years ago a shy young Fellow of Jesus College in this University asked a question which still remains just as relevant and just as urgent today. He asked, if I may paraphrase him in the language of today, whether economic development was possible, or whether it would be frustrated by the growth of population.

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Modern Asian Studies , Volume 8 , Issue 4 , July 1974 , pp. 521 - 534
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1974

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1 This is the text of Professor Robinson's Kingsley Martin Memorial Lecture given in Cambridge on 6 March 1974.

2 See Kuznets, S., “The Gap: Concept, Measurement, Trends”, in Ranis, G. (ed.), The Gap between Rich and Poor Nations (London: Macmillan, 1972), pp. 40–1.Google Scholar