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noun - an English economist who argued that increases in population would outgrow increases in the means of subsistence (1766-1834)
MALTHUS - Thomas Robert Malthus (; 13 February 1766 23 December 1834) was an English cleric and scholar, influential in the fields of political economy and d...
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| Thomas Robert Malthus (; 13 February 1766 23 December 1834) was an English cleric and scholar, influential in the fields of political economy and demography. Malthus himself used only his middle name, Robert.In his 1798 book An Essay on the Principle of Population, Malthus observed that an increase in a nation's food production improved the well-being of the populace, but the improvement was temporary because it led to population growth, which in turn restored the original per capita production level. In other words, mankind had a propensity to utilize abundance for population growth rather than for maintaining a high standard of living, a view that has become known as the "Malthusian trap" or the "Malthusian spectre". Populations had a tendency to grow until the lower class suffered hardship and want and greater susceptibility to famine and disease, a view that is sometimes referred to as a Malthusian catastrophe. Malthus wrote in opposition to the popular view in 18th-century Euro |