一场影响深远的错误批判——试述对马寅初《新人口论》的批判

1953年的人口普查引起我国著名经济学家马寅初的高度重视,他通过实地调查,于1957年提出《新人口论》,分析了我国人口增长同生产力发展的矛盾,从而提出控制人口的主张。但由于极左思潮的影响,《新人口论》遭到批判。各种批判文章将马寅初的《新人口论》和马尔萨斯的人口论挂钩,指责马寅初的《新人口论》是新马尔萨斯主义。这场错误批判产生了严重的后果,它把许多人口学家错误地打成右派,使我国人口理论的研究停滞,使计划生育工作受到严重挫折。

A Wrong Far-reaching Criticism：Discussing the Criticism on Ma Yinchu＇s ＂New Population Theory＂

The census in 1953 caused the attention from Ma Yinchu who is a famous economist in China.Through field survey,he proposed "New Population Theory" in 1957,which analyzed the contradiction between population growth and the development of productive forces.Accordingly,he put forward the idea of population control.But as a result of ultra-left thought influence,"New Population Theory" encountered criticism.A variety of critical essays related Ma Yinchu’s "New Population Theory" with Malthus’s population theory.They criticized that Ma Yinchu’s "New Population Theory" is the new Malthusianism.This wrong criticism had caused serious consequence,and many economists were labeled as right-wing scholars.This stagnates the studies of population theory and causes a serious setback to family planning work.