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
Malthus argued that “the power of population is indefinitely greater than the power of the earth to produce sustenance for man.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026
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
In 1798, English economist Thomas Robert Malthus anonymously published his infamous treatise "An Essay on the Principle of Population," arguing "Population, when unchecked, increases in a geometrical ratio, Subsistence, increases only in an arithmetical ratio."
From Salon • Nov. 15, 2022
He also went over the ideas of Malthus again and again.
From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman
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