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  2. Malthusianism - Wikipedia

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    Thomas Robert Malthus, after whom Malthusianism is named. Malthusianism is a theory that population growth is potentially exponential, according to the Malthusian growth model, while the growth of the food supply or other resources is linear, which eventually reduces living standards to the point of triggering a population decline.

  3. An Essay on the Principle of Population - Wikipedia

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    The book An Essay on the Principle of Population was first published anonymously in 1798, [1] but the author was soon identified as Thomas Robert Malthus.The book warned of future difficulties, on an interpretation of the population increasing in geometric progression (so as to double every 25 years) [2] while food production increased in an arithmetic progression, which would leave a ...

  4. Thomas Robert Malthus - Wikipedia

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    A commentary on Malthus's 1798 Essay on Population as social theory. Mellon Press. Evans, L.T. 1998. Feeding the ten billion – plants and population growth. Cambridge University Press. Paperback, 247 pages. Klaus Hofmann: Beyond the Principle of Population. Malthus' Essay. In: The European Journal of the History of Economic Thought.

  5. Malthusian growth model - Wikipedia

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    Malthus wrote that all life forms, including humans, have a propensity to exponential population growth when resources are abundant but that actual growth is limited by available resources: "Through the animal and vegetable kingdoms, nature has scattered the seeds of life abroad with the most profuse and liberal hand. ... The germs of existence ...

  6. Ayn Rand, Thomas Malthus, and the High Cost of Terrible Ideas

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    For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us. Sign in. Mail. ... Ayn Rand, Thomas Malthus, and the High Cost of Terrible Ideas. Bruce Watson. Updated July 14, ...

  7. Struggle for existence - Wikipedia

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    Using Malthus's idea of the struggle for existence, Darwin was able to develop his view of adaptation, which was highly influential in the formulation of the theory of natural selection. [2] In addition, Alfred Wallace independently used the concept of the struggle for existence to help come to the same theory of evolution. [3]

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    Today's Wordle Answer for #1298 on Tuesday, January 7, 2025. Today's Wordle answer on Tuesday, January 7, 2025, is ATLAS. How'd you do? Next: Catch up on other Wordle answers from this week.