This prediction was based on the idea that population if unchecked increases at a geometric rate whereas the food supply grows at an arithmetic rate. For example, food, he believed, would increase in arithmetic ratio (2-4-6-8-10 and so on), but population tended to double in each generation (2-4-8-16-32 and so on)...
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Whenever a gain occurs in food production over population growth, a higher rate of population increase would occur; in contrast, if population grows too much faster than food production, the growth is delayed by famine, disease, and war. He believed that there were two general kinds of checks that limited population growth: positive checks and preventative checks...
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