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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : électronique
Auteur(s) : Pearson, Charles S.
Titre(s) : On the cusp [Texte électronique] : from population boom to bust / Charles S. Pearson
Publication : New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2015
Description matérielle : 1 online resource
Note(s) : "A comprehensive analysis of world population trends"--
Sujet(s) : Population
Population -- Aspect économique
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780190223922
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb450627344
Notice n° :
FRBNF45062734
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : Cover ; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction;
Précis; The Bones of the Book; A Roadmap; 2 The Long and Baleful Shadow of Thomas
Robert Malthus; Malthus's Big Idea; Reactions and Influence; Malthus Eclipsed; An
Aborted Revival; 3. Malthus Redux; Malthus and Development (Malthus Transposed to
the South); Malthus as a Prophet of Limits to Growth; The Environmental Era; Does
Malthus Still Speak to Us?; 4. Population and Economic Growth; Working Backwards:
From the Classical Model to Adam Smith; Mid-Twentieth-Century Modeling
Second Thoughts in Subsequent DecadesGrowth and Population: Back to the Main Stream;
New Growth Theory; Summing Up: Traps and Escape Mechanisms; 5. Optimal Population:
An Attractive Chimera?; Early Views; Population Ethics and the Repugnant Conclusion;
Resources, Carrying Capacity, and Sustainability; Reproductive Externalities; Conclusions:
Three Strikes and Three Misses; 6. Demographic Transitions; A Quick Sketch; Quirks
of Measurement and New Issues; Theories of the Demographic Transition; Economic Implications:
A Demographic Bonus and Subsequent Burden; Looking Ahead: How Will It End?
7. The Upside of DownsizingPopulation, Affluence, and Global Warming; Population and
Climate: Policy Matters; Food Prospects; Conclusions; 8. Downsizing: The Pessimist's
Case; Mining the Past; A Framework for Data and Analysis; Linking Aging and Productivity;
Does Size Matter?; 9. Aging: Retirement, Health, and the Generational Bargain; Intergenerational
Transfers: A Visual Metaphor; The Generational Bargain; Fragility and Fairness; Quantifying
"Fairness" by Birth Cohort; Financing Aging: Retirement; Health and Long-Term Care;
More Downsides?; 10. Coping Strategies; Preliminaries
A Troubling ComplicationExamining the Toolbox; Can Less Be More? The De-growth Alternative;
11. Concluding Thoughts; In Retrospect; In Prospect; References; Name Index; Subject
Index
