Malthusianism

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demographic theory economic theory population theory

Malthusianism is a demographic and economic theory asserting that population growth tends to outpace food production, leading to inevitable checks such as famine, disease, and conflict unless restrained.

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Malthusian theory	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	demographic theory ⓘ economic theory ⓘ population theory ⓘ
appliedTo	development economics ⓘ environmental degradation debates ⓘ food security debates ⓘ
associatedWithAuthor	Thomas Robert Malthus NERFINISHED ⓘ
criticizedBy	Ester Boserup NERFINISHED ⓘ Friedrich Engels NERFINISHED ⓘ Karl Marx NERFINISHED ⓘ
criticizedFor	insufficient consideration of fertility transition ⓘ pessimistic view of population growth ⓘ underestimating technological progress in agriculture ⓘ
developedFromWork	An Essay on the Principle of Population NERFINISHED ⓘ
field	demography ⓘ economics ⓘ environmental studies ⓘ population studies ⓘ
hasCoreClaim	food supply grows at best arithmetically ⓘ natural limits constrain human population size ⓘ population growth is potentially exponential ⓘ population growth tends to outpace food production ⓘ unchecked population growth leads to resource scarcity ⓘ
hasNormativeImplication	advocacy of population restraint ⓘ skepticism toward unconditional poor relief ⓘ
hasVariant	neo-Malthusianism ⓘ
historicalContext	Industrial Revolution in Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ
includesPositiveCheck	disease ⓘ famine ⓘ war ⓘ
includesPreventiveCheck	delayed marriage ⓘ moral restraint ⓘ reduced fertility ⓘ
influenced	Darwinian evolutionary theory NERFINISHED ⓘ classical economics ⓘ environmentalism ⓘ neo-Malthusianism ⓘ population control movements ⓘ social policy debates on poor relief ⓘ
namedAfter	Thomas Robert Malthus NERFINISHED ⓘ
proposesConcept	Malthusian catastrophe NERFINISHED ⓘ positive checks on population ⓘ preventive checks on population ⓘ
relatedConcept	carrying capacity ⓘ limits to growth ⓘ overpopulation ⓘ population pressure ⓘ resource scarcity ⓘ
timePeriod	early 19th century ⓘ late 18th century ⓘ

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Illustrations and Proofs of the Principle of Population → mainSubject → Malthusianism ⓘ

Illustrations and Proofs of the Principle of Population → hasPerspective → Malthusianism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Malthusian

neo-Malthusian → hasOriginIn → Malthusianism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Malthusian theory

Mathieu Froment → opposedTo → Malthusianism ⓘ