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ˈmæl θəsmalthus

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. Malthus, Thomas Malthus, Thomas Robert Malthusnoun

    an English economist who argued that increases in population would outgrow increases in the means of subsistence (1766-1834)

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  1. Malthusnoun

    derived from the word for malthouse.

  2. Malthusnoun

    Specifically, Thomas Malthus, English demographer and political economist, who proposed the view that population growth always exceeds the growth of the necessary food supply.

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  1. malthus

    Thomas Robert Malthus (; 13/14 February 1766 – 29 December 1834) was an English cleric, scholar and influential economist in the fields of political economy and demography.In his 1798 book An Essay on the Principle of Population, Malthus observed that an increase in a nation's food production improved the well-being of the population, but the improvement was temporary because it led to population growth, which in turn restored the original per capita production level. In other words, humans had a propensity to utilize abundance for population growth rather than for maintaining a high standard of living, a view that has become known as the "Malthusian trap" or the "Malthusian spectre". Populations had a tendency to grow until the lower class suffered hardship, want and greater susceptibility to war famine and disease, a pessimistic view that is sometimes referred to as a Malthusian catastrophe. Malthus wrote in opposition to the popular view in 18th-century Europe that saw society as improving and in principle as perfectible.Malthus saw population growth as inevitable whenever conditions improved, thereby precluding real progress towards a utopian society: "The power of population is indefinitely greater than the power in the earth to produce subsistence for man." As an Anglican cleric, he saw this situation as divinely imposed to teach virtuous behavior. Malthus wrote that "the increase of population is necessarily limited by subsistence," "population does invariably increase when the means of subsistence increase," and "the superior power of population repress by moral restraint, vice, and misery."Malthus criticized the Poor Laws for leading to inflation rather than improving the well-being of the poor. He supported taxes on grain imports (the Corn Laws). His views became influential and controversial across economic, political, social and scientific thought. Pioneers of evolutionary biology read him, notably Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace. Malthus's failure to predict the Industrial Revolution was a frequent criticism of his theories.Malthus laid the "...theoretical foundation of the conventional wisdom that has dominated the debate, both scientifically and ideologically, on global hunger and famines for almost two centuries." He remains a much-debated writer.

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  1. malthus

    Malthus generally refers to Thomas Robert Malthus, an English scholar who lived from 1766 to 1834. He is best known for his theories on population growth and its control, and his works have significantly influenced the fields of demographics, economics, and political science. His most well-known theory, proposed in his work "An Essay on the Principle of Population," suggests that while population grows exponentially, food production only grows arithmetically, leading to inevitable famine and disease unless population growth is controlled. This theory is often referred to as the Malthusian theory or Malthusianism.

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  1. Malthus

    In demonology, Malthus is an Earl of Hell, commanding 26 legions of demons, who is said to have a rough voice when speaking. He is often depicted in the shape of a stork. Malthus builds towers and fills them with ammunition and weapons, an armorer of sorts. He is a prince of Hell. He is also said to send his legions into battle, or to places designated by higher commanding demons.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Malthus in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Malthus in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

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