•  »
  • tagged malthusianism

1-10 of 21 Hubssort by Hot Best Latest

The Malthusian Population Theory and Criticisms78

The Malthusian Population Theory and Criticisms

Rev. Thomas Robert Malthus thought people should actively slow down the growth of the population before natural disasters, epidemics, and war wipes out the population. He was concerned because he thought there will eventually be more people than food.

6 comments    birth rate malthusian
The World Is Not Too Crowded76

The World Is Not Too Crowded

People love to panic. The millennium bug, SARS, HN51, the apocalypse, asteroids, GM food, grey goo – you name it and someone somewhere is chomping down on their fingernails just thinking about it. But if there is one thing that people love to...

5 comments    climate change population famine
Will Malthus Always be Wrong or Is a Food Crisis Inevitable?74

Will Malthus Always be Wrong or Is a Food Crisis Inevitable?

6 comments    environment sustainability
The Green Revolution: mainly instigated by the Rockefeller Foundation, the World Bank and IMF72

The Green Revolution: mainly instigated by the Rockefeller Foundation, the World Bank and IMF

The term “Green Revolution” was first used in 1968 by former USAID director William Gaud, who noted the spread of the new technologies and said, "These and other developments in the field of...

4 comments    business food finance
1984 - The primary aim of modern continuous warfare: maintain the stability of a hierarchical society.73

1984 - The primary aim of modern continuous warfare: maintain the stability of a hierarchical society.

"... hierarchical society ... only possible on a basis of poverty ... Goods ... produced, but not distributed ... only way: ... continuous warfare." Click edit above to add content to this empty capsule. ...

6 comments    business children food
Larry's Take on World Population68

Larry's Take on World Population

How realistic is the Population Bomb scenario painted by environmental extremists? The available evidence supports the Demographic Transition model, more than the Malthusian dystopian model.

10 comments    kerala birth control ice age
Ebenezer Scrooge as the Epitome of Liberalism, not Conservatism66

Ebenezer Scrooge as the Epitome of Liberalism, not Conservatism

When the word “Scrooge” comes to mind, the usual and naturally related epithets do include: miser, hoarder, skinflint, misanthrope, etc.   The word “liberal” just doesn’t occur in such a logical list, which, from a certain educated point...

4 comments    christmas christian christianity
Be afraid. The Neo- Malthusians are among us!65

Be afraid. The Neo- Malthusians are among us!

  Do you find social and environmental issues more and more complicated these days? It use to be that if you threw the content of your ashtray out by the passenger window of your car, you were a jerk and that was that, the rest of us were okay...

1 comment    health politics rich
The Club of Rome: Global Warming and the environmental elite [Rockefeller's CFR] think tank63

The Club of Rome: Global Warming and the environmental elite [Rockefeller's CFR] think tank

"In searching for a new enemy to unite us, we came up with the idea that pollution, the threat of global warming, water shortages, famine and the like would fit the bill ... All these dangers are caused by...

9 comments    education politics environment
Thomas Malthus63

Thomas Malthus

Thomas Malthus's father was Daniel Malthus, a person of independent means with literary and scientific interests and who was an acquaintance of Jean-Jacques Rousseau. From 1779 to 1781 Thomas Malthus was...

1 comment    education politics environment
Please wait working