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Thomas Malthus

Malthus’ postulations Overproduction of young Population overextending natural resources Irresponsibility of the lower classes

How important is Malthus? "In October 1838, that is, fifteen months after I had begun my systematic inquiry, I happened to read for amusement Malthus on Population, and being well prepared to appreciate the struggle for existence which everywhere goes on from long- continued observation of the habits of animals and plants, it at once struck me that under these circumstances favourable variations would tend to be preserved, and unfavourable ones to be destroyed. The results of this would be the formation of a new species. Here, then I had at last got a theory by which to work". Charles Darwin, from his autobiography. (1876)

Johann-Heinrich von Thunen, – Land Use Modeling Interplay between markets, production and geography –Rural economies –degrees of remoteness and degree of rurality –the costs of overcoming the friction of space (economic disadvantage) –innovations in transport make rurality a fickle concept

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