Tokugawa Japan Flashcards
What did Malthus propose that preventative checks would do?
Limit population growth by limiting fertility
What did Malthus propose that positive checks would do?
Limit population growth by raising mortality
How do population and food supply increase?
Population increases geometrically (can double every 25 years).
Food supply increases arithmetically.
When was Tokugawa Japan?
1603-1868
What is the prosperity through prudence theorem?
If the reproductive ratio falls, equilibrium population falls, and standard of living can increase
How can trade improve standards of living?
Focus on manufacture of a good in which you have comparative advantage, and trade with a country that is yet to receive diminishing returns in agriculture
When was Japan said to have reached its maximum population?
1700
Which preventative checks were said to control Japanese population?
- Parents restricted the age of marriage
- Abortion was widespread
Which positive checks were said to control Japanese population?
- Disease, such as Measles
- Famine
When did Japanese seclusion end?
1854
