Scrooge and Malthus

Update: 2024-11-26

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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.

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