Malthusian Model Applied to Pre-Modern China and India
The economic histories of pre-modern China and India serve as potential examples of the Malthusian trap. Despite possessing relatively advanced economies for their time, these regions did not achieve sustained increases in living standards until the modern era. The Malthusian model suggests this was because their economic sophistication supported large population growth, which in turn kept average incomes at a very low, subsistence level.
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