Population, When Unchecked, Increases In A Geometrical Ratio. Subsistence Increases Only In An Arithmetical Ratio. A Slight Acquaintance With Numbers Will Shew The Immensity Of The First Power In Comparison Of The Second.

-Thomas Malthus

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Population, When Unchecked, Increases In A Geometrical

Thomas Malthus

Population, When Unchecked, Increases In A Geometrical Ratio. Subsistence Increases Only In An Arithmetical Ratio. A Slight Acquaintance With Numbers Will Shew The Immensity Of The First Power In Comparison Of The Second.

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Population

There Is Scarcely Any Inquiry More Curious, Or, From Its Importance, More Worthy Of Attention, Than That Which Traces The Causes Which Practically Check The Progress Of Wealth In Different Countries, And Stop It, Or Make It Proceed Very Slowly, While The Power Of Production Remains Comparatively Undiminished, Or At Least Would Furnish The Means Of A Great And Abundant Increase Of Produce And Population.

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