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The classical foundations of population thought/ from Plato to Quesnay Charbit, Yves [ed.]

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TextPublication details: New York: Springer, 2010Edition: 1st edDescription: 179ISBN: 9789048192977 (hardcover : alk. paper)DDC classification: 301

Contents:

1: Interpreting Ideas on Population -- 2: History and Utopia -- The Platonic City -- The Demography of the City -- Religion and Politics -- Space and Order -- Moderation and Excess -- A Totalitarian System? -- 3: There are no Riches other than Men -- Jean Bodin on Sovereignty -- Demographic Interpretations of Jean Bodin -- The Theory of Absolute Sovereignty and Population -- Bodin on Aristotle and Plato -- 4: The Prince and his Population -- From Montchrétien to Colbert and Fénelon -- Merchantilism and Populationism -- About Population -- A National Economic Policy -- International Trade and the Colonies -- The Decline of Merchantilism: Political and Economic Factors -- For Want of Political Arithmetic -- 5: The Political Failure of an Economic Theory -- Quesnay and the Physiocracy -- Agriculture and Prosperity -- On population -- A failure and its Causes -- 6: Towards Demography -- The Prince, The Father, The Landlord -- The Conflict of Interests -- The Emergence of Individualism -- From Homo Eoconomicus to Homo Demographicus -- Bibliography -- Index.

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1: Interpreting Ideas on Population --
2: History and Utopia --
The Platonic City --
The Demography of the City --
Religion and Politics --
Space and Order --
Moderation and Excess --
A Totalitarian System? --
3: There are no Riches other than Men --
Jean Bodin on Sovereignty --
Demographic Interpretations of Jean Bodin --
The Theory of Absolute Sovereignty and Population --
Bodin on Aristotle and Plato --
4: The Prince and his Population --
From Montchrétien to Colbert and Fénelon --
Merchantilism and Populationism --
About Population --
A National Economic Policy --
International Trade and the Colonies --
The Decline of Merchantilism: Political and Economic Factors --
For Want of Political Arithmetic --
5: The Political Failure of an Economic Theory --
Quesnay and the Physiocracy --
Agriculture and Prosperity --
On population --
A failure and its Causes --
6: Towards Demography --
The Prince, The Father, The Landlord --
The Conflict of Interests --
The Emergence of Individualism --
From Homo Eoconomicus to Homo Demographicus --
Bibliography --
Index.

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