Routledge Library Editions: Demography Population and the Social Problem

Originally published in 1924, and inevitably a product of the time in which it was published, the author assumes that people exercise their powers of reproduction near to capacity. Originally published in 1924 and inevitably a product of the time in which it was published, the author assumes that people exercise their powers of reproduction near to capacity. The book views this pressure on population as a social problem, the fundamental cause of human and social challenges. Solutions such as a tax on children, public education and a laissez faire economic order are all suggested.