Malthusian equilibrium

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Short description: Situation when all of a population's production is used only for subsistence

A population is in Malthusian equilibrium when all of its production is used only for subsistence. Malthusian equilibrium is a locally stable and a dynamic equilibrium.

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References

  • Pingle, Mark (Winter 2003), "Introducing Dynamic Analysis Using Malthus’s Principle of Population", Journal of Economic Education 34 (1): 3–20, doi:10.1080/00220480309595196