Paul Krugman

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Paul Krugman @paulkrugman

There were probably interludes when this wasn't true — the economy of ancient Rome may have temporarily broken out of the Malthusian trap, with productivity rising along with population 3/ https://t.co/paIuSINxss — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Nov. 26, 2020

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Paul Krugman @paulkrugman

Roser points out and documents something I've often said, but with much less data: Malthus was right! That is, until roughly a century before he wrote, the pressure of population on land always drove living standards to the edge of subsistence 2/ — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Nov. 26, 2020

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But basically Malthus had a profound insight that was almost completely right about the past — but, ironically, wrong about the future. Was he just unlucky? I don't think so 4/ — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Nov. 26, 2020