Population Growth and Levels of Consumption by Belshaw Horace

Population Growth and Levels of Consumption by Belshaw Horace

Originally published in 1956, this book considers the practical problems of economic development in countries in which the prevailing outlook and a recent or probable increase in population growth make it difficult to escape from a ‘Malthusian situation.’ This book develops a valuable analytical apparatus with which it then examines the problems of capital formation, investment, economies of scale and the effective supply of labour, all in relation to population growth. Social, institutional and cultural factors are integrated with the economic.

‘…a careful and well-written consideration of the development problem in the heavily populated agrarian economies of Asia that puts the population aspect in its proper perspective’ Harvey Leibenstein, Journal of Political Economy, Vol 66, No. 1

‘This book is a most valuable contribution…’ Q. M. Fareed, Pakistan Horizon Vol 9, No. 3