This paper focuses on the evolution of the relationship between population and economic growth from Hume to New Growth Theory. In the paper, we show that there were two main views on the subject. There were those who assumed that the relationship between fertility rates and income was positive....

This paper deals with the evolution of the "classical" growth research program of Ramsey-Cass-Koopmans vintage via its stochastic "variants" and "generalizations" (Samuelson 1976, note 1). Thus, here we trace the origins and impact of the stochastic generalization that brought about a paradigm...