6 Canadian Studies in Population Online Abstract Series Volume 6 - 1979 Alfred Sauvy. Les Consequences Sociales et Morales du Vieillissements de la Population. The aging of population is barely known to any except demographers. The material consequences are imperfectly examined. As far as moral and social consequences are concerned, the field is still very fertile.
Historical examples underline the formidable consequences of the phenomenon.
The main characteristic of aging is that it has an anesthetic effect on the populations it affects. David Allan Rehorick. Relevance of Malthus's Categorical Frame of Reference. Thomas Robert Malthus, William Godwin, population theory, frame of reference Renewed interest in Malthusian thought raises the question as to how his categories and ideas might be relevant and applicable to contemporary population issues. Such discussion presupposes clarity regarding the meaning and intent of categories within Malthus's writings.