Malthusian Perspectives

Slides: https://github.com/braddelong/public-files/blob/master/econ-135-lecture-3.pptx
Read: J. Bradford DeLong: Lecture Notes: Malthusian Economies https://tinyurl.com/dl-2020-01-18g
Read: Greg Clark: A Farewell to Alms, selections https://delong.typepad.com/files/clark-alms-selections.pdf

Additional Readings:

• Gregory Clark (2005): The Condition of the Working Class in England, 1209-2003 https://delong.typepad.com/files/clark-condition.pdf...
• Ian Morris (2010): Why the West Rules–For Now, chapter 3: Taking the Measure of the Past https://delong.typepad.com/files/morris-rules-3.pdf...
• Patricia Crone: Pre-Industrial Societies, selections https://delong.typepad.com/files/crone-pre-selections.pdf
• A Brief Cheat-Sheet Note on the Solow-Malthus Model https://www.bradford-delong.com/2020/01/a-brief-cheat-sheet-note-on-the-solow-malthus-model-for-understanding-pre-industrial-economies.html

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• The Malthusian Economy http://delong.typepad.com/teaching_economics/the-malthusian-economy.html: 10000 BCE - 1500 CE

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