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Why We Are Here => Economics & Investing => Topic started by: Mackin USA on December 31, 2015, 11:44:24 AM

Title: Abject failure of Malthusianism
Post by: Mackin USA on December 31, 2015, 11:44:24 AM
"It is one of life's mysteries that being wrong about everything has never been much of a barrier to success. Take Thomas Malthus, the British theologian [aka Brit MF]: his big idea was that the number of human beings would necessarily grow faster than the supply of food, leading to calamity. There was little difference, in his mind, between people and rabbits: both were doomed to over-breed, over-consume and starve."

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/energy/oilandgas/12075342/The-collapse-in-the-price-of-oil-is-a-challenge-to-the-old-world-order.html
Title: Re: Abject failure of Malthusianism
Post by: buckworks on January 01, 2016, 01:49:59 PM
I'm afraid I give a lot more credence to Malthus than this guy does.