Scaling in Human Societies

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First Demographic Transition [Read More]

There are, broadly speaking, two hypotheses on the relationship between population and economic growth, as explained in Sibe, Chiatchoua, and Megna (2016). The Malthusian view, named for Thomas Malthus and his famous essay on population (Malthus (1798)), holds that population growth tends to depress per-capita GDP. The Kremerian view, named... [Read More]

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It is well-known that, historically, the availability of energy is highly related to economic growth in the long run. It is less clear whether this relationship should be expected to continue into the future, and it is also unclear whether energy causes economic growth, or whether growth causes increased energy... [Read More]