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not really-- how many cases of malthusian collapse can you name? instead, we see how european birthrates went down dramatically in approximately 50-75 years as people became wealthier. the world population should peak around 2030-2050, and then start a long decline.
populations human and animal tend towards Malthusian collapse, not an orderly reduction in birth-rate as resource pressures mount. In this case, I think that China's population policy in the post-Mao era has been positive as a China with 2-3bn population would quickly implode due to resource scarcity.
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