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An Essay on the Principle of Population

By: Thomas Malthus
Narrated by: Annette Grayson
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Summary

Malthus predicted a grim future with geometrical population growth, versus food production that increases only arithmetically. He claimed that this would result in famine and starvation unless births were controlled. It is called the Malthusian catastrophe, in which humans would disregard the limits of natural resources and the world would be plagued by famine and disease.

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