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Economics

1. The Malthusian position on fertility and economics is distorted to some degree due to the time period in which Thomas Malthus wrote. His research and writings took place in the early 1800's and this was a time period in which controlling fertility through contraception had not been fully accomplished. However, it is interesting to see what Malthus had in mind, because it preceded the "new" approach of the 1960's. With that said, it is easier to distinguish the two approaches and it is easier to make sense of what each was trying to convey.
Malthus believed that young men and women tended to marry as soon as a young man could earn enough to support a family. Today, this belief would be somewhat out dated due to the fact that women are becoming more and more of an economic factor in relationships. Malthus also believed that soon after the marriage of the two young people births would follow the course of "natural fertility," which is roughly the birth rate that would take......


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