单词 | malthus, thomas |
释义 | Malthus, Thomas[ (mal-thuhs) ] A British economist of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, especially concerned with overpopulation. notes for Malthus, ThomasMalthusian theories hold that populations will always increase faster than food supplies and that, therefore, hunger will always exist among the poorest populations (see Malthusianism). notes for Malthus, ThomasMalthus's pessimistic views, along with those of David Ricardo, earned economics the reputation of being the “dismal science.” Words nearby Malthus, Thomasmalthene, Malthus, Malthusian, Malthusianism, Malthusian parameter, Malthus, Thomas, malting, malt liquor, maltodextrin, maltol, maltose The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |
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