This paper sketches a theory of the secular decline in morbidity and mortality that takes account of changes in human physiology since 1700. The synergism between technological and physiological improvements has produced a form of human evolution, much more rapid than natural selection, which is...

This paper reveals that Malthus has confused the subsistence production function with his population theory. After correcting the confusion, this paper develops an interdependent model for subsistence and population. The generalized solution is much larger than the original Malthus one. The open...

The 19th century economist, Thomas Robert Malthus, hypothesized that the long-run supply of labor is completely elastic at a fixed wage-income level because population growth tends to outstrip real output growth. Dynamic equilibrium with constant income and population is achieved through...