Thomas Malthus was a famous 18th-century British economist known for the population growth philosophies outlined in his 1798 book, “An Essay on the Principle of Population.” In it, he theorized that ...
No one uses “Malthusian” as a compliment. Since 1798, when the economist and cleric Thomas Malthus first published “An Essay on the Principles of Population,” the “Malthusian” position – the idea that ...