September 14

population

Malthus and the principle of _______

reproduce

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

environmental disaster

according to Malthus, population growth directly causes _______ _______

poverty

according to Malthus, population growth causes ______

passion, sexes

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

checks

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

moral restraint

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

no

is Malthus favorable to contraception?

neo-malthusians

argue that population growth is the major cause of environmental problems

biological

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

sexual

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

linear, technological

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

moral

one weakness of Malthus is his reliance on ______ restraint

neoclassical economics

another term for market based approaches is

market, overuse

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

modernization

market based approaches include ________ approaches

modern

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

failures

according to market based approaches, the problem is market ______

free

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

Boserupian hypothesis

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

intensification

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

Cornucopian/neo-classical economics

Claims that technological solutions will prevent the problem

population growth

the Boserupian hypothesis claims that _______ _______ is the problem

market

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

standard of living

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

limits

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

discounting

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

pace

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

market

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

David Lam

was an economist who placed a bet

Cornucopian

David Lam had a _______ view

Stan Becker

was a biologist who placed a bet

neo-malthusian

Stan Becker had a ________ view

decrease, won

David Lam predicted that metal prices would _________ and he _______

increase, lost

Stan Becker predicted that metal prices would ________ and he _______

food

Lam and Becker bet a second time on ________ prices

won, increase

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

2%

peak population growth rate in 1960s

bomb

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