Escaping The Malthusian Trap

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Worldwide human population has increased from around 800 million in 1800 to over 7 Billion in 2016. In Western Europe, food consumed per capita has continued to expand from under 2,000 kilocalories per day in 1800 to well over 3,000 kilocalories per day in 2016. An order of magnitude more humans now are healthier, wealthier, and eat better than at any time in human history. How did this happen?

Two of Malthus’s assumptions have not panned out over the last two centuries.

Danny Bressler

November 8, 2016