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Darwin and Malthus:
It was in this pivotal year that Darwin, back from his voyage on the Beagle and trying to understand the forces that drove the origin of new species, read the works of Thomas Malthus, a parson and ...
Avengers: Endgame Turned Thanos Into a Buffoon, and I Still Can’t Forgive It
Marvel’s most compelling villain, a complex antagonist driven by a twisted but consistent ecological mission. Through careful ...
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Economic theories differ on how to cope with global scarcity
About 200 years ago, Thomas Malthus wrote that population growth would bump up against the limits of the Earth’s natural resources. As we reach a world population of seven billion people this ...
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Darwin's Diary
A bee doubtless would [use] ... instincts as a criterion." October 1838 (Birth of a Theory) Economist Thomas Malthus paints a grim picture of humanity out of control. Populations grow faster than ...
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World Agricultural Crop Production over the Past Six Decades: Will Sustained Productivity Growth Continue, or Will Atrophy Set In?
1. Paul R. Ehrlich, The Population Bomb (Ballantine Books, 1968). 2. Thomas Malthus, An Essay on the Principle of Population, as It Affects the Future Improvement of Society, with Remarks on the ...