September 14

Malthus and the principle of _______

according to Malthus, population growth is caused by our natural instinct to _________

according to Malthus, population growth directly causes _______ _______

according to Malthus, population growth causes ______

according to Malthus, the problem is the ________ of the ______

examples of _______ to growth: death caused by lack of food, diseases...

according to Malthus, the only acceptable option to reduce births is _______ _______

is Malthus favorable to contraception?

argue that population growth is the major cause of environmental problems

one weakness of Malthus is ________ determinism since people are treated as animals

one weakness of Malthus is individualist because he doesn't believe in people's ability to control _______ desires

one weakness of Malthus is that he assumes _______ relationships, as if there was no place for ________ innovation

one weakness of Malthus is his reliance on ______ restraint

another term for market based approaches is

according to market based approaches, a fully functioning ______ system will prevent _______ of the environment

market based approaches include ________ approaches

according to market based approaches, _______ societies are better at dealing with population growth

according to market based approaches, the problem is market ______

according to market based approaches, we should develop policies that support _______ markets

Claims that population growth will lead to intensification and then to environmental change (change in what the environment produces)

process using the land better by intensifying agriculture on the land to produce more food

Claims that technological solutions will prevent the problem

the Boserupian hypothesis claims that _______ _______ is the problem

according to Cornucopian/neo-classical economics, the problem is _______ failures

one weakness of market-based approaches is that it doesn't consider the _________ __ _______ and the other types of needs such as happiness

one weakness of market-based approaches is that they don't see _______ to technology

one weakness of market-based approaches is future ________ since it doesn't account future generations

one weakness of market-based approaches is that it ignores the _____ of population growth

one weakness of market-based approaches is that we don't know what ______ inefficiencies are

was an economist who placed a bet

David Lam had a _______ view

was a biologist who placed a bet

Stan Becker had a ________ view

David Lam predicted that metal prices would _________ and he _______

Stan Becker predicted that metal prices would ________ and he _______

Lam and Becker bet a second time on ________ prices

Stan Becker _____ the 2nd bet by predicting that food prices would ________

peak population growth rate in 1960s

a catastrophe due to exceptionally high growth rate seen in the 1960s