Malthus

World Population

Current World Population

World Populations Future?

Exponential Growth: Overview

Exponential Growth: 1% Annual Growth Rate

Malthus exercise: Overview

Malthus exercise

Malthus exercise: Population and Food Production Curve

Malthus exercise: Prediction

Malthus exercise: Point of Crisis

Malthus exercise: Malthusianism

Living Standards in Malthusian Catastrophe

Carrying Capacity Model: Overview

Carrying Capacity Model: Point of Crisis

Carrying Capacity Model: Population Crashes

Carrying Capacity Model: Doubling Maximum Food Production

Carrying Capacity Model: Population of Today?

Carrying Capacity Model: Neo-Malthusianism

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Century Poverty

No Life Style Change in Britain

Black Death

Population and Arable Land

Malthuss Bad Prediction (1)

Malthuss Bad Prediction (2)

Malthuss Bad Prediction (3)

Neo-Malthusian Bad Prediction (1)

Paul Ehrlich wrote in 1967:
The battle to feed all of humanity is over. In the 1970s and 1980s hundreds of millions of people will starve to death in spite of any crash programs embarked upon now. At this late date nothing can prevent a substantial increase in the world death rate...

Neo-Malthusian Bad Prediction (2)

Neo-Malthusian Bad Prediction (3)

Agenda 21: Rio Earth Summit (1992)
Humanity stands at a defining moment in history. We are confronted with a perpetuation of disparities between and within nations, a worsening of poverty, hunger, ill health and illiteracy, and the continuing deterioration of the ecosystems on which we depend for our well-being.

Summary

References

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