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Conservatives at the time objected to the book, which was based on the premise that the food supply would not increase to keep up with population growth. In fact, the food supply increases at a rate faster than population growth, as a person can grow far more food than is necessary to feed himself.{{fact}}

Conservatives at the time objected to the book, which was based on the premise that the food supply would not increase to keep up with population growth. In fact, the food supply increases at a rate faster than population growth, as a person can grow far more food than is necessary to feed himself.{{fact}}

Ehrlich was not even original in his falsehood.  His theory was a more calamitous version of the theory proposed by [[Thomas Malthus]] centuries earlier.

However, Ehrlich was not the first to come up with this theory; His theory was a more calamitous version of the theory proposed by [[Thomas Malthus]] centuries earlier.

The theories of population growth underlying the book continue to be held by proponents of population control today, though they no longer cite the book as an authority.

The theories of population growth underlying the book continue to be held by proponents of population control today, though they no longer cite the book as an authority.