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  2. Mar 24, 2024 · Thomas Malthus was an English economist and demographer who is best known for his theory that population growth will always tend to outrun the food supply and that betterment of humankind is impossible without stern limits on reproduction. This thinking is commonly referred to as Malthusianism.

  3. Thomas Robert Malthus FRS (/ ˈ m æ l θ ə s /; 13/14 February 1766 – 29 December 1834) was an English economist, cleric, and scholar influential in the fields of political economy and demography.

  4. Apr 16, 2024 · Key Takeaways. Thomas Malthus was an 18th-century British philosopher and economist noted for the Malthusian growth model, an exponential formula used to project population...

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  5. Thomas Malthus, c.1820 © English economist Malthus is best known for his hugely influential theories on population growth. Thomas Robert Malthus was born near Guildford, Surrey in February...

  6. Thomas Robert Malthus, after whom Malthusianism is named. Malthusianism is the 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.

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