1. Malthus - Noun
2. Malthus - Proper noun
an English economist who argued that increases in population would outgrow increases in the means of subsistence (1766-1834)
Source: WordNetAdam Smith and Malthus and Ricardo ! There is something about these three figures to evoke more than ordinary sentiments from us their children in the spirit. John Maynard Keynes
Knowledge isn't restrained by the limits of Malthus. Information doesn't need topsoil to grow in, only freedom. Given eager minds and experimentation, it feeds itself like a chain reaction. David Brin
Not many years had elapsed after the first edition of this work, when it became known to all with whom Mr. Malthus had the opportunity of communicating on the subject, or who were acquainted with his last publications, that his opinions on the subject of value had undergone some change. Thomas Malthus
MALTHUSIAN, adj. Pertaining to Malthus and his doctrines, who believed in artificially limiting population, but found that it could not be done by talking. Herod of Judea, all the famous soldiers have been practical exponents of the Malthusian idea. Ambrose Bierce
But while Ricardo, the economist, walked like a god (although he was a modest and retiring person), Malthus was relegated to a lower status. Robert Heilbroner
Engels also states that the calculation that Malthus made with the difference in population and productive power is incorrect because Malthus does not take into consideration a third element, science. Source: Internet