Economics, Education, History, Mathematics, Media Criticism, Philosophy, Political Commentary, Science And Society, Social Commentary, Space, Technology and Society Paul Ehrlich March 18, 2026 Rand Simberg 3 Comments …was wrong about everything. Given a chance, he would have been a greater mass murderer than Mao.
The best book on this subject is Bob Zubrin’s “The Merchants of Despair”. His thesis was that in every evil ideology which ever existed one can detect an element of Malthusianism. Reply
Motive, Opportunity and Ability. He fell short in the latter two criteria.
Paywalled. Wrong about everything however doesn’t leave much to the imagination…
The best book on this subject is Bob Zubrin’s “The Merchants of Despair”. His thesis was that in every evil ideology which ever existed one can detect an element of Malthusianism.