Thomas Malthus (Malthusianism): Does Population Growth Lead to Food Shortages & Resource Depletion?

A lot of thinkers have been worried that population growth will lead to catastrophic scenarios involving food shortages, resource depletion and so on.

Thomas Malthus tends to be considered the most popular "face" behind various population growth doom and gloom scenarios and today, we'll be putting Malthusianism under the microscope.

Does population growth inevitably lead to food shortages, resource depletion and so on? In other words, did Thomas Malthus get it right or if not, is there at least some merit to Malthusianism? Let's find out!

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