Crash Course World History: Population, Sustainability, and Malthus
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Thomas Malthus was an influential British economist who is best known for his theory on population growth. In 1800, the human population of the Earth passed 1 billion, and Malthus posited that growth had hit its ceiling and that the population would level off and stop growing. He was wrong. Host John Green explores how Malthus made his calculations and explains how Malthus came up with the wrong answer. Part of the "Crash Course World History II" series.
Media Details
Runtime: 12 minutes 49 seconds
- Topic: Education, History, Mathematics
- Subtopic: General Education, Mathematics, World History - 1800-1899
- Grade/Interest Level: 9 - 12
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- Release Year: 2014
- Producer/Distributor: Complexly
- Series: Crash Course World History II
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