Malthusian Trap – Walking to the light

Antimicrobial resistance is not humanity’s greatest threat

Posted onMay 2, 2019May 2, 2019Leave a comment

It’s not unusual to see headlines like this in health journalism: Antibiotic Resistance Is Now as Big a Threat as Climate Change To be fair, the article itself is not nearly so hysterical; in fact it doesn’t even mention climate change. Yet some editor thinks that this nonsense is an appropriate way to summarize the Read More …

Are some countries still caught in a Malthusian Trap?

Posted onMarch 23, 2018March 23, 2018Leave a comment

Yes. Many consider Malthus’ thesis refuted by the incontestable observation that both population and per capita income are rising. But Malthus was no fool. He simply had the misfortune to publish his Essay on the Principle of Population in 1798, at the end of the Malthusian Era. His core observation that population increases eat up (literally) all Read More …