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The population booms of antiquity were driven by the improved capacity to feed larger numbers and support diversification in the division of labor. In recent centuries a new element has come into the picture. The discovery of simply health interventions lead to a drastic decline in death rates. The potential of a population boom was magnified into a population explosion.
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Goalstone, D. (2007). Population. In: Macrofoundations of Political Economy and Development. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230604315_3
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