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Malthus, the false prophet
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The pessimistic parson and early political economist remains as wrong as everAMID an astonishing surge in food prices, which has sparked riots and unrest in many countries and is making even the relatively affluent citizens of America and Europe feel the
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http://www.aleablog.com/links-33/Dont mess with bubbles, Trichet Edition The view that central banks should act decisively against suspected asset price bubbles occasionally surfaces among market observers. The roots of this position can be traced back to the so-called liquidationist
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Still wrong after all these years...
http://managementrandd.blogspot.com/2008/05/still-wrong-afte...The father of "finite resource" or "fixed pie" economics: Malthus got his demographic as well as his economic predictions wrong. His assumption that populations would carry on growing in times of plenty turned out to be false.
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