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Modern prosperity does not refute Malthus: the Malthusian dilemma was faced, and one of Malthus’s own options was taken.

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demographics Who there will be: birth rates, population decline, and what a shrinking cohort does to everything downstream.

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  1. Tyler Cowen Economist at George Mason University
    You thus can see that the prosperity of the modern world does not refute Malthus. We faced the Malthusian dilemma and opted for one of his options, namely vice.

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