Capital Comments
Capital Comments
Purdue Agriculture
Scrooge and Malthus
6 minutes Posted Nov 26, 2024 at 1:31 pm.
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The holiday season is here, and with it a chance to read or watch Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. Listen to learn the strange connection between Ebenezer Scrooge, "surplus population" and British economist Rev. Thomas Malthus. Purdue ag economist, Larry DeBoer, explains.