Thomas Malthus English economist 17661834 Worlds population growth was outrunning food supply In An Essay on Principle of Population 1798 Malthus claims that population grows geometrically and food supply increases arithmetically ID: 1026596
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1. Malthusian Theory of Overpopulation
2. Thomas MalthusEnglish economist (1766-1834)World’s population growth was outrunning food supplyIn An Essay on Principle of Population (1798), Malthus claims that population grows geometrically and food supply increases arithmetically.Unless there is “moral restraint” to produce lower CBRs, a Malthusian crisis will occur to produce higher CDRsDisease, famine, war, other disasters.
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4. Contemporary Neo-MalthusiansThings are more dire than they were 200 years ago for 2 reasons.1. LDC’s have entered stage 2 of the demographic transition because of the medical revolution. How does this impact the theory?Gap even wider between population growth and resource availability.2. Population growth is outstripping a wide variety of resources, not just food production and the world will enter a state of wars and civil violence due to scarcities. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4V09jl5WIvw
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6. Critics of MalthusPossibilists Our well being is influenced by conditions of our environment.Food production is not fixed. Humans can develop technology increase our production of food.Population is good for societyhuman resourcesGreater economic demandMore powerful militariesMarxistsPopulation isn’t the problem, Capitalism is.
7. The RealityThings are not as dire as Malthus theorizedFood production has increased during the last half centuryIndustrial AgriculturePopulation growth has not grown at the rate that Malthus thought it would.