Malthus Perangkap Malthus adalah teori yang mengusulkan bahwa pada sebagian besar sejarah manusia, pendapatan sering kali stagnan karena inovasi dan kemajuan teknologi hanya menambah jumlah penduduk, daripada peningkatan standar kehidupan.
Teori ini diusulkan oleh Thomas Malthus .
Referensi Ashraf, Quamrul and Oded Galor (2010), ``Dynamics and Stagnation in the Malthusian Epoch, American Economic Review, (forthcoming). http://ideas.repec.org/p/wil/wileco/2010-01.html
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