Example sentences for: malthusian

How can you use “malthusian” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • I suspect that your correspondent was misled by the word exponential in most statements of Malthusian theory.

  • The thrust of the stories--and of a Wall Street Journal op-ed (and of a NYT "Week in Review" takeout a few weeks ago)--is that, in the shadow of the dizzying number there is non-Malthusian news.

  • The easy winner--and easy target--in this category is Ehrlich's 1976 The Population Bomb , a neo-Malthusian tract, which predicted a population explosion that would cause global shortages, raise prices, poison the environment, and lower life expectancy.

  • He cites one of those suspiciously Malthusian studies forecasting a biblical future of scarce water, arid fields, and a desperately hungry America.


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