Toward a Cure for the Myopia and Tunnel Vision of the Population Debate: A Dose of Historical Perspective

Kelley, Allen C.; Schmidt, Robert M.

doi:10.2139/ssrn.44660

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Toward a Cure for the Myopia and Tunnel Vision of the Population Debate: A Dose of Historical Perspective

Allen C. Kelley

Duke University - Department of Economics

University of Richmond

Duke Economics Working Paper #95-10

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A survey of the literature by economists specializing in population issues reveals a distinctly non-alarmist assessment of the impacts of rapid population growth. This is contrary to the assessments by non-specialists, and those in other fields. Economists tend to emphasize longer-run impacts, where feedbacks tend to attenuate negative short-run impacts of rapid demographic change.

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Date posted: April 22, 1997

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Kelley, Allen C. and Schmidt, Robert M., Toward a Cure for the Myopia and Tunnel Vision of the Population Debate: A Dose of Historical Perspective. Duke Economics Working Paper #95-10. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=44660 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.44660

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Allen C. Kelley Duke University - Department of Economics ( email ) Durham, NC 27708-0204 United States 919-660-1825 (Phone) 919-490-8995 (Fax)
Robert M. Schmidt (Contact Author) University of Richmond ( email ) Richmond, VA 23173 United States 804-289-8569 (Phone) 804-289 8878 (Fax)

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Toward a Cure for the Myopia and Tunnel Vision of the Population Debate: A Dose of Historical Perspective

Allen C. Kelley

Robert M. Schmidt

Date posted: April 22, 1997

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Robert M. Schmidt (Contact Author)