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Everything filed under demographics demographics Everything filed under Europe Europe Everything filed under family family Everything filed under immigration immigration Everything filed under sustainability sustainability Everything filed under simplicity simplicity Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: The Black Death, striking a Malthusian economy, raised living standards for the survivors because there was more land to go around. The Black Death, striking a Malthusianeconomy, raised living standards for thesurvivors because there was more land togo around. Last stated 2 years ago 30 Oct 2024 MY Matthew Yglesias — no longer holds since 2024-10-30 — tap for who they are Same subject: A mass death does not by itself produce a boom afterwards: expecting a pandemic to renew an economy on its own misreads what followed the Black Death. — tap to centre the map on it A mass death does not by itselfproduce a boom afterwards: expectinga pandemic to renew an economy onits own misreads what followed theBlack Death. Last stated 6 years ago 4 Jun 2020 AP Ada Palmer — holds since 2020-06-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: Sustained growth in living standards required productivity to accelerate and population growth to fall at the same time. — tap to centre the map on it Sustained growth in living standardsrequired productivity to accelerateand population growth to fall at thesame time. Last stated 4 years ago 11 Oct 2022 DV Dietrich Vollrath — holds since 2022-10-11 — tap for who they are Same subject: Even at low incomes, today's fast-growing cities are not centres of disease and mass death as 19th-century European cities were, because modern medicine and basic public health let them keep growing — tap to centre the map on it Even at low incomes, today'sfast-growing cities are not centresof disease and mass death as19th-century European cities were,because modern medicine and basicpublic health let them keep growing Last stated 2 weeks ago 23 Oct 2026 AT Adam Tooze — holds since 2026-10-23 — tap for who they are Same subject: Before about 1870 every burst of productivity growth was eaten by a burst of population growth, leaving living standards where they were. — tap to centre the map on it Before about 1870 every burst ofproductivity growth was eaten by aburst of population growth, leavingliving standards where they were. Last stated 4 years ago 11 Oct 2022 DV Dietrich Vollrath — holds since 2022-10-11 — tap for who they are Same subject: There was no "Dark Ages": the term described gaps in the surviving sources, and its popular use is not a live scholarly position but a settled error. — tap to centre the map on it There was no "Dark Ages": the termdescribed gaps in the survivingsources, and its popular use is nota live scholarly position but asettled error. Last stated 11 months ago 25 Nov 2025 EJ Eleanor Janega — holds since 2025-11-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: The standard narrative of agriculture as a sudden civilizational fall oversimplifies a far more gradual, complicated history. — tap to centre the map on it The standard narrative ofagriculture as a suddencivilizational fall oversimplifies afar more gradual, complicatedhistory. Last stated 10 months ago 13 Jan 2026 SJ Steven Johnson — holds since 2026-01-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: Plague receded from Europe through fourteen generations of natural selection, not through any advance in medicine. — tap to centre the map on it Plague receded from Europe throughfourteen generations of naturalselection, not through any advancein medicine. Last stated 6 years ago 4 Jun 2020 AP Ada Palmer — holds since 2020-06-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: War was not the only driver of state growth in early modern Europe; political centralization and the rise of absolutism also strengthened military power. — tap to centre the map on it War was not the only driver of stategrowth in early modern Europe;political centralization and therise of absolutism also strengthenedmilitary power. Last stated 3 years ago 6 Sept 2023 DK Davis Kedrosky — holds since 2023-09-06 — tap for who they are Same subject: A city is a natural creation, and humans are by nature political animals — tap to centre the map on it A city is a natural creation, andhumans are by nature politicalanimals AR Aristotle — holds since c. 367–322 BCE — tap for who they are Same subject: A household mistress should know enough medicine to be a judicious nurse — tap to centre the map on it A household mistress should knowenough medicine to be a judiciousnurse MW Mary Wollstonecraft — holds since c. 1787 — tap for who they are Same subject: A labourer who marries without means to support a family is in some respects an enemy to other labourers — tap to centre the map on it A labourer who marries without meansto support a family is in somerespects an enemy to other labourers TM Thomas Robert Malthus — holds since c. 1798 — tap for who they are Same subject: A border wall through Big Bend would be a monument to corruption that makes no one safer. — tap to centre the map on it A border wall through Big Bend wouldbe a monument to corruption thatmakes no one safer. Last stated 4 months ago 13 Jul 2026 JT James Talarico — holds since 2026-07-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: A career path becomes popular when it offers clear, prescribed rules that can simply be decoded and followed. — tap to centre the map on it A career path becomes popular whenit offers clear, prescribed rulesthat can simply be decoded andfollowed. Last stated 7 months ago 28 Mar 2026 PM Paul Millerd — holds since 2026-03-28 — tap for who they are Same subject: A clear path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants is compatible with enforcing the law — tap to centre the map on it A clear path to citizenship forundocumented immigrants iscompatible with enforcing the law Last stated 13 years ago 30 May 2013 OW Oprah Winfrey — holds since 2013-05-30 — tap for who they are Same subject: A primitive science of insect control has armed itself with modern weapons and turned them against the earth — tap to centre the map on it A primitive science of insectcontrol has armed itself with modernweapons and turned them against theearth RC Rachel Carson — holds since c. 1962 — tap for who they are Same subject: A romantic, low-yield farming system would need far more land and would produce more hunger, not less. — tap to centre the map on it A romantic, low-yield farming systemwould need far more land and wouldproduce more hunger, not less. Last stated 3 years ago 28 May 2023 GM George Monbiot — holds since 2023-05-28 — tap for who they are Same subject: Amazon is a relatively environmentally clean company on a per-dollar basis because of its operational efficiency. — tap to centre the map on it Amazon is a relativelyenvironmentally clean company on aper-dollar basis because of itsoperational efficiency. Last stated a year ago 7 Oct 2025 MM Mr. Money Mustache — holds since 2025-10-07 — tap for who they are
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At the centre The Black Death, striking a Malthusian economy, raised living standards for the survivors because there was more land to go around. Last stated 30 Oct 2024 · 2 years ago No longer holds Matthew Yglesias Read this korrent →