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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:economic_policy
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gptkbp:appliesTo
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environmental debates
19th-century social policy
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gptkbp:assumes
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limited resources
unchecked population growth
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gptkbp:consequence
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leads to famine, disease, and mortality
population will outstrip food supply
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gptkbp:criticizedFor
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gptkb:Friedrich_Engels
gptkb:Karl_Marx
ignoring technological progress
pessimism about human adaptability
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gptkbp:focusesOn
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population growth
resource scarcity
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gptkbp:hasConcept
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food supply grows arithmetically
population grows geometrically
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Malthusian Theory
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gptkbp:impact
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influenced environmentalism
influenced demography
influenced population policy
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gptkbp:influenced
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gptkb:Charles_Darwin
gptkb:Herbert_Spencer
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gptkbp:proposedBy
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gptkb:Thomas_Robert_Malthus
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gptkbp:publicationYear
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1798
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gptkbp:publishedIn
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gptkb:An_Essay_on_the_Principle_of_Population
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gptkbp:relatedConcept
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gptkb:Neo-Malthusianism
carrying capacity
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Classical_Growth_Theory
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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7
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