That is a good question, but I don’t see it in taw’s comment, even between the lines. taw seemed to think someone was implying that the economy would actually get better by killing poor people, thus the reference to Malthus.
I could easily contrive a scenario where one kills 20 million people without significantly decreasing wealth, and I noted that I don’t know whether this was such a case. Note CarlShulman’s observation below.
That is a good question, but I don’t see it in taw’s comment, even between the lines. taw seemed to think someone was implying that the economy would actually get better by killing poor people, thus the reference to Malthus.
I could easily contrive a scenario where one kills 20 million people without significantly decreasing wealth, and I noted that I don’t know whether this was such a case. Note CarlShulman’s observation below.