Malthusian misery’s comeback

Posted by Matt in August 22nd, 2007

With the world population growth outpacing food supply, say goodbye to the era of unlimited improvement.

The great demographer and economist Thomas Malthus was 23 years old the last time a British summer was this rain-soaked, which was in 1789. The consequences of excessive rainfall in the late 18th century were predictable. Crops would fail, the harvest would be dismal, food prices would rise and some people would starve. It was no coincidence that the French Revolution broke out the same year.

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