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21 Feb 2018
asserts · high · dan friesen · 01:23:53
Knowledge Fight · #130C: Endgame, Part 3
The term Malthusian catastrophe refers to a situation where population increase outpaces agricultural production, leading to disaster and plentiful deaths.
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But be that as it may, the term Malthusian catastrophe refers to a situation that Malthus warned about, namely a situation where population increase outpaced agricultural production. He warned that when that happened, there would be a disaster and the deaths would be plentiful.