Malthus,along with Neo-Malthusians of the 1960s (Ehrlich),predicted the Imminent Collapse

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Essay

Malthus,along with neo-Malthusians of the 1960s (Ehrlich),predicted the imminent collapse of population due to famine.What assumptions made by Malthus proved to be incorrect? Why did Britain's population "explode" in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries without either increased famine or drop in standard of living?

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