Untill today I thought I was the only person who even knew who Malthus was and in one day I have read his theory referred to twice.
Since Malthus time huge advances have been made in health care thus more people are surviving , in wealthier countries child mortality has dropped. More people. However , methods of cultivation , disease resistant and higher yielding crops have been developed,land reclamation etc.
Its the new hip rediscovered theory for people to spout who want to sound like intellectuals.