Was Malthus right about carrying capacity?

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• Episode: Was Malthus right about carrying capacity?
• Website: Stuff You Should Know
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• Duration: 00:27:32
• Published: 2011-06-09 21:16

Thomas Malthus concluded that humanity is bound to outgrow Earth's carrying capacity. The prediction was based on humanity's exponential growth and the linear growth of the food supply -- but was he correct? Tune in to find out.