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neo-malthusianism  

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  • Thomas Malthus was an English clergyman who popularized a set of ideas on population and agricultural growth in the early 19th century. Neo-Malthusianism refers to the variant forms of these ideas that have appeared in scholarly and scientific publications, shaped various kinds of policy making, and often exerted considerable influence on popular discourse over the years. [Source: Encyclopedia of Geography; Neo-Malthusianism]

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