Hunting-Gathering in a Malthusian Economy

Angus Chu and Pietro F. Peretto

Chapter 1 in Human Origins and Evolution in a Malthusian Economy, 2025, pp 3-8 from World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.

Abstract: In this book, we develop a growth-theoretic framework based on the Malthusian growth model to explore the evolution of human society. The Malthusian growth model is based on the influential work of Malthus (1798), who observed that population growth is limited by the availability of natural resources. In this chapter, we present a modern canonical version of the Malthusian growth model, which serves as our baseline model to be extended in subsequent chapters…

Keywords: Human Origins; Human Evolution; Malthusian Growth Theory; Natural Selection; Human Brain Size Evolution; Prehistoric Human Migration; Migration Out of Africa; Extinction of Archaic Humans; Neolithic Revolution; Political Fragmentation and Unification; Industrial Revolution; Technological Progress; Innovation; Education (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D64 J11 N10 O10 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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