Malthusian catastrophe
A Malthusian catastrophe, sometimes known as a Malthusian check, is a return to subsistence-level conditions as a result of agricultural (or, in later formulations, economic) production being eventually outstripped by growth in population. Theories of Malthusian catastrophe are very similar to the subsistence theory of wages. The main difference is that the Malthusian theories predict over several generations or centuries whereas the subsistence theory of wages predicts over years and decades.
External links
- Malthus' Essay on the Principle of Population
- International Society of Malthus
- David Friedman's essay arguing against Malthus' conclusions
- Daniel Quinn's New Renaissance speech
- United Nations Population Division World Population Trends homepage
- Stop Terrible Human OverPopulation Disasters (eCards website to save nature)
- WiseArt Cybernetics (On-line slideshow to stop human overpopulation)
~ Table of Content ~
| ► | Introduction |
| ► | Traditional views |
| ► | Neo-Malthusian theory |
| ► | Non-occurrence of the catastrophe |
| ► | Application to Energy Consumption |
| ► | See also |
| ► | External links |
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