The author seems to be using "Malthusian" to mean "pessimistic economics," even if the specific flavour of pessimism is the opposite of Malthus'. I think the b

The author seems to be using "Malthusian" to mean "pessimistic economics," even if the specific flavour of pessimism is the opposite of Malthus'. I think the biggest thing we can learn from Malthusean economics is that have a fun last name increases your quotability by 10,000%.