[lazy_afternoons]

There has not been a single country so far whose GDP and overall wellness decreased with increase in population.

[082349872349872]

Black Death.

cheap labour -> throw more people at old sol'ns -> stagnation

dear labour -> find new, more productive sol'ns -> progress

[thefaux]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Chinese_Famine

[abigail95]

That was the deepest recession China has ever had?

[lazy_afternoons]

I don't see how a famine due to bad policy is relavant here.