malthusianism

Mal·thus (m

s), Thomas Robert 1766-1834.

British economist who wrote An Essay on the Principle of Population (1798), arguing that population tends to increase faster than food supply, with inevitably disastrous results, unless the increase in population is checked by moral restraints or by war, famine, and disease.

Mal·thusian (-th

n, -z

n) adj. & n.

Mal·thusian·ism n.

Malthusianism

the theories of Thomas Malthus (1766-1834), English economist, stating that population growth tends to increase faster than production and that food and necessities will be in short supply unless population growth is restricted or war, disease, and famine intervene. — Malthusian, n., adj.

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Malthusianism - Malthus' theory that population increase would outpace increases in the means of subsistence

Malthusian theory

economic theory - (economics) a theory of commercial activities (such as the production and consumption of goods)

Translations

malthusianism [mælˈθjuːzɪəˌnizəm] N → malt(h)usianismo m

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The drop in birth rates in Mexico is not only due to traditional indicators, such as family planning campaigns, women's educational level or the entry of women into the labor market, but it is also a perverse effect of the crisis (the Malthusianism of poverty).

How "free" is freedom of choice? The gordian knot for sexual and ... by Avila, Yanina / Women's Health Journal

In a type of perverted Malthusianism, the market creates artificial desires faster than the planet's ecosystems can sustain them.

There is no shortage of energy by Fitz, Don / Synthesis/Regeneration

of Massachusetts), and Zerner (environmental studies, Sarah Lawrence College) present nine papers discussing the political economy of security fears, Malthusianism and the terror of scarcity, the debates of genetically modified foods, the rhetoric of biological invasions, the political construction of civilian risk of bioterror, and the demography of perceived threats, among other topics.

Making Threats: Biofears and Environmental Anxieties by SciTech Book News

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