Thomas Malthus was an English economist who argued that population growth would eventually outpace food production, leading to societal collapse.
Malthusian Theory: The idea that population growth is potentially exponential while the growth of the food supply or other resources is linear.
Demographic Transition: The transition from high birth and death rates to lower birth and death rates as a country develops from a pre-industrial to an industrialized economic system.
Neo-Malthusians: A belief that Earth's resources can only support a finite population. Advocates control over population growth as it will otherwise lead to catastrophes such as famine and war.
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