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.
See also
- Club of Rome
- Future energy development
- Malthusianism
- Medieval demography
- Olduvai theory
- Overpopulation
- Population growth
- Underpopulation
- World population
- Beyond the Limits by Donella Meadows
- Cannibals and Kings by Marvin Harris
- Neanderthals, Bandits and Farmers by Colin Tudge
- Over-consumption
~ 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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