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May God have mercy upon each one of us and on Palin's malthusian diatribes.
Aide: Obama believes tax on costly policies 'has some merit' 2009
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But hitting that eventual malthusian peak would have all sorts of consequences.
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Gregory Clark makes the case in farewell to alms, that Malthus was right, and all preindustrial states lived under malthusian trap.
Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » The Narrow-Mindedness of Zero-Sum Thinking 2009
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I just accepted it,wrote “malthusian” and then corrected “draconian” to the more proper from original greek “dracontian” as a revenge against this crazy lingua franca of the our times… :p
Are Conservation Groups Subverting Action on Global Warming? - The Panda's Thumb 2010
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Perhaps the world is still more malthusian than we think and we are just returning to a more natural growth equilibrium and investor expectations are lagging behind a little bit.
More on the Fischer Black Model, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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Prince Phillip, a leading neo-malthusian, was once quoted as saying he hoped to be reincarnated as a virus so he could wipe up 95% of the population.
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Who is making the malthusian argument that you are disproving by using Mein Kampf?
Hitler's Argument for Conquest, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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John Edwards rise in the Democratic primaries was largely in response to a neo-malthusian argument... the fear that all our jobs 200million of them are going to have to be shared with two billion Chinese and Indians!
Hitler's Argument for Conquest, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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It might even be a natural mechanism for saving resources, like a gentel malthusian scenario.
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But hitting that eventual malthusian peak would have all sorts of consequences.
Center for American Progress Action Fund myglesias 2010
Gexe commented on the word malthusian
Thomas Malthus had a great name that turned into a great word.
February 11, 2009