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Various economic theories and historical events that have shaped our understanding of population growth and the potential for societal collapse. Eric cline discusses the similarities between the bronze age collapse and current global issues, while thomas malthus introduces the concept of population growth leading to poverty. Swift's 'a modest proposal' satirically addresses the economic struggles of the irish during the industrial revolution. Hans rosling and sir john glubb provide insights into the historical trends of empires and their eventual decline.
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"Why the Bronze Age Matters Today (If Civilization Collapsed, would we know?)? Eric cline states that there is a similitude nowadays with the collapse of the Age of Bronze. That events are lining up just like it happened in 1177 BC when the Almighty age of Bronze collapsed and led to the first Dark Ages. In my opinion, Eric cline looks backward in history and sees a correlation of events that could lead the world we live in today into an extinction. However, I do not personally see that happening any time soon. The world we live in is probably the most industrialized, developed, and technologically advanced of all times, therefore we have the tools to survive and encounter any situation we find ourselves in. Now, I may sound very enthusiastic, perhaps because I am young. However, it is common sense that even if we know the antecedents of what caused the fall of great civilizations in the past, I currently do not see that perfect storm to which Eric Cline referred. Thomas Malthus - An Essay on the Principle of Population It is surprisingly interesting Thomas Malthus’ thoughts. It is a very difficult discussion that could lead to a great debate. Is the world overpopulated and therefore at one point it could no longer sustain such amount of people that live in it? I believe human beings will definitely extinguish at some point in the future. Luckily, we will not live by then. The Malthusian Law of Population is a study that everybody should be aware of, but I believe that the power to control overpopulation is only held by the big guys that have the control of the world welfare. In terms of economics, the rising supply of labor, and consequently lower wages, population growth could definitely lead to poverty. And population growth has a direct correlation with the means of subsistence, which mostly affects the lower class. Governments have the task of having equal opportunities for everybody and promulgate and offer basic accommodations for every person. If these requirements are not met, governments fail. And I can hardly see governments nowadays that stands against human life-limiting it. Jonathan Swift - A Modest Proposal The suggestion that the impoverished Irish might ease their economic trouble by selling their children as food to rich people is just a satiric way to show how the situation was in Ireland at that time. To understand this satiric solution that Swift gives is important to understand the mercantilism and theories of labor in the 18th^ Century in England. I think is brilliant how Swift gives the reader an ironic vision as well as a solution for the poor at that time. The industrial revolutions became the most important event in the century and due to it came with downfalls. The poor found himself working in an industry for a low wage under unhuman conditions.
Hans Rosling - 200 countries, 200 years, in 4 minutes Life expectancy and income are huge differential marks in every country. Now, from the industrial revolution to this day, both terms have improved as societies got healthier and richer. There was a gap between western countries and the rest of the world, but this difference got smaller as time went by. Future expectations are very positive because we only see the progression as a society, and therefore life expectancy will be longer. Hans Rosling gives a great explanation of the changes associated with the industrial revolution and gives a tremendous amount of data which uses to show the developments and advances of a couple of hundreds of countries. Sir John Glubb – The Fate of Empires and Search for Survival John Glubb understood history very differently from how social studies history nowadays. He claimed history should be in fact the history of the human race and not understood from one country’s standpoint or any given period of time. Gubb assessed that all empires lasted for at least 250 years from their rise to their fall. It seems that all empires have something in common when an empire was comfortably settled, they started to fall into the overconfidence of the easy-going life. Then because they were accommodated, their decadence started. With a new emerging enemy who tended to be poor and obsessed with getting the life the rich had, they were hungrier to battle and had nothing to lose, which was primarily the reason why empires fell. Gubb’s comprehension of the stages that every empire went through helps to understand and clarify how empires rose and fell from the Age of the Pioneers to the Age of Conquests, to the Age Commerce, to the Age of Affluence, to the Age of Intellect, to finally the Age of Decadence. This last one could happen for a variety of reasons that Gubb assessed defensiveness, pessimism, materialism, frivolity, an influx of foreigners, the Welfare State, and a weakening of religion.