Malthusian theories

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• Malthusian — Mal*thu sian, a. Of or pertaining to the political economist, the Rev. T. R. Malthus, or conforming to his views; as, Malthusian theories. See {Malthus}. [1913 Webster] Note: Malthus held that population tends to increase faster than its means of …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Malthusian catastrophe — A Malthusian catastrophe (also phrased Malthusian check, Malthusian crisis, Malthusian disaster, Malthusian fallacy, Malthusian nightmare, or Malthusian theory of population) was originally foreseen to be a forced return to subsistence level… …   Wikipedia

• Malthusian trap — The Malthusian trap, named after political economist Thomas Robert Malthus, suggests that for most of human history, income was largely stagnant because technological advances and discoveries only resulted in more people, rather than improvements …   Wikipedia

• Malthusian —    , MAILTHUSIANISM    Malthus became widely known for his Essay on the Principles of Population, published in 1798. The main theory of his book is that population tends to increase faster than the means to feed it. This is called the Malthusian… …   Dictionary of eponyms

• Malthusian — Malthusianism, n. /mal thooh zheuhn, zee euhn/, adj. 1. of or pertaining to the theories of T. R. Malthus, which state that population tends to increase faster, at a geometrical ratio, than the means of subsistence, which increases at an… …   Universalium

• Malthusian — adj. of or pertaining to Thomas Malthus or his theories …   English contemporary dictionary

• Malthusian — Mal•thu•sian [[t]mælˈθu ʒən, zi ən[/t]] adj. 1) bus pertaining to the theories of Malthus, which state that population increases faster than the means of subsistence unless war, famine, or disease intervenes or efforts are made to limit… …   From formal English to slang

• Malthusian — adj. & n. adj. of or relating to T. R. Malthus, English clergyman and economist (d. 1834) or his theories, esp. that sexual restraint should be exercised as a means of preventing an increase of the population beyond its means of subsistence. n. a …   Useful english dictionary

• Overpopulation Theories —     Theories of Population     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Theories of Population     Down to the end of the eighteenth century, very little attention was given to the relation between increase of population and increase of subsistence. Plato (De… …   Catholic encyclopedia

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• Thomas Malthus — infobox economist school tradition= Classical economics color = #B0C4DE image caption = Thomas Robert Malthus name = Thomas Robert Malthus birth = birth date|1766|2|13 (Surrey, England) death = death date and age|1834|12|23|1766|2|13 (Bath,… …   Wikipedia