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POPULATION AND SUSTAINABILITY VOL 5, NO 2, 2021 based and locally sourced products
Where Godwin (1793) had reasoned that human nature could be transcended and the urge to procreate diminished by the development of the intellect, Malthus insisted that, inevitably, human nature and the limits of the natural world would prevail, leading to immiseration as demand outstripped food supply
Malthus’ argument that there were natural impediments, both in the natural environment and in human nature, which thwarted the eradication of want was rejected by left-leaning progressive and socialist thinkers
Summary
POPULATION AND SUSTAINABILITY VOL 5, NO 2, 2021 based and locally sourced products. She concludes that various types of nudges may be effective tools in changing food choices, but that the type of nudge and context are important. As we have seen, the food supply has not been determined by fixed natural laws of linear growth but has been continuously expanded well beyond the needs of the population by technological means – the environmental sustainability of this expansion is highly questionable.
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