Malthus
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noun
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Malthus published several revisions of his original essay, responding to new observations as well as criticism from contemporary economic giants like David Ricardo.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026
Still, comparing Ehrlich to Malthus is something of an insult to the latter.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026
When Tanton blended ecology with eugenics and immigration, he was digging up the two-century-old principles of Thomas Malthus, who first theorized that human population growth would lead to poverty and suffering.
From Salon • Nov. 14, 2024
Pessimists such as Malthus failed to comprehend this process, which has come to be known as the “demographic transition.”
From Washington Post • Nov. 19, 2022
But the answer that came to him in October 1838, in a book by another cleric, the Reverend Thomas Malthus, had nothing to do with divinity.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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