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Population and Long Run Economic Growth in India
Author(s) -
Lal Deepak
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
economic affairs
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.24
H-Index - 18
eISSN - 1468-0270
pISSN - 0265-0665
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-0270.1989.tb01146.x
Subject(s) - population growth , agriculture , production (economics) , population , prime (order theory) , agricultural economics , prime minister , economics , economic history , development economics , economic growth , socioeconomics , political science , sociology , geography , demography , mathematics , law , politics , archaeology , combinatorics , macroeconomics
Was Malthus right? Professor Deepak Lal, of University College London, argues on the contrary that population growth has been a prime cause of increased agricultural production in India.