Thomas Malthus

Jan 11, 2024 | econlib.org | David Henderson |Thomas Malthus |Pierre Lemieux

Something that seems obvious if you think about it for a minute is that a growing population pushing on a finite planet means that resources will become pricier and people will become, on average, poorer. In 2019, Bill Maher, for example, who most people, including me, think is a smart person, stated, “In 1900, there were less [sic] than two billion people on Earth; now it’s approaching eight. We can’t just keep on like this.

Jan 11, 2024 | hoover.org | David Henderson |Thomas Malthus |William D. Nordhaus

Something that seems obvious if you think about it for a minute is that a growing population pushing on a finite planet means that resources will become pricier and people will become, on average, poorer. In 2019, Bill Maher, for example, who most people, including me, think is a smart person, stated, “In 1900, there were less [sic] than two billion people on Earth; now it’s approaching eight. We can’t just keep on like this.

Dec 20, 2023 | econtalk.org | Alice Temnick |Paul Samuelson |Thomas Malthus |John Maynard Keynes

One word sums up this episode and topic: Wow! Explore the GOATs of economics as judged by Tyler Cowen in his zero-cost downloadable book embedded in a ChatGPT-4 option for user-friendly queries. Russ Roberts encourages us to read it in its entirety and we hope that his excellent interview with Tyler sharing highlights of this first-of-its-kind digital book entices you to do so. The links in the transcript connect to a curated list of each prominent thinker’s winning written contribution.

Jul 31, 2023 | econtalk.org | Milton Friedman |Thomas Malthus |Joan Robinson |John Kenneth Galbraith

0:37Intro. [Recording date: June 20, 2023.]Russ Roberts: Today is June 20th, 2023. My guest is author and economist, Daron Acemoglu of MIT [Massachusetts Institute of Technology]. This is Daron's sixth appearance on EconTalk--last here in September of 2019 talking about shared prosperity and good jobs. Our topic today is technology.