No one uses “Malthusian” as a compliment. Since 1798, when the economist and cleric Thomas Malthus first published “An Essay on the Principles of Population,” the “Malthusian” position – the idea that ...

Overpopulation in Malta has led to significant strain on infrastructure, increased traffic congestion, and challenges in waste and sewage management. The rapid population growth has also raised ...

Virginia Tech students and professors gathered to hear Glenn Davis Stone, a professor at Washington and Lee University, give a lecture on agricultural theories and practices earlier this month. Stone ...

Mention the name “Malthus” and you are met with a storm of abuse. The media elite, protected from nature in their urban bubbles, never tire of pronouncing Thomas Robert Malthus’s An Essay on the ...

A review of Superabundance: The Story of Population Growth, Innovation, and Human Flourishing on an Infinitely Bountiful Planet by Marian Tupy and Gale Pooley. (August 2022) Read Full Article » ...

In the course of some research into the influenza pandemic which shook the world to its core in the immediate aftermath of World War I, I was a little surprised that the population of Nigeria at that ...

(The Conversation) — The English cleric and economist’s name is used to malign critics of progress. But historical context sheds a different light on Malthus’ ideas, a scholar argues. (The ...

Eds: This story was supplied by The Conversation for AP customers. The Associated Press does not guarantee the content. Roy Scranton, University of Notre Dame (THE CONVERSATION) No one uses ...