Malthus did not give a hoot about population. Nor did he even consult the census. His dad was sort of radical. He wrote the first essay in a few days to prove that you could not make society better because population growth would absorb any incremental improvements. Later, he worried about population control, arguing that it would make labor too expensive. I have written about this elsewhere. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929
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