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Mar 25, 2024 · Thomas Malthus, English economist and demographer who is best known for his theory that population growth will always tend to outrun the food supply and that betterment of humankind is impossible without stern limits on reproduction. This thinking is commonly referred to as Malthusianism.
- Donald Gunn Macrae
Thomas Robert Malthus FRS (/ ˈ m æ l θ ə s /; 13/14 February 1766 – 29 December 1834) was an English economist, cleric, and scholar influential in the fields of political economy and demography.
Apr 16, 2024 · Thomas Malthus was an influential British economist who developed the Malthusian growth model, an exponential formula to project population growth. He argued that human populations expand until they outgrow their food supply, leading to disease, famine, war, or calamity. His theory was later used to justify colonial policies and criticized by modern economists.
- Julia Kagan
Thomas Robert Malthus (1766–1834) demonstrated perfectly the propensity of each generation to overthrow the fondest schemes of the last when he published An Essay on the Principle of Population (1798), in which he painted the gloomiest picture imaginable of the human prospect.
Learn about Thomas Malthus, an English economist who developed the influential theory of population growth and its limitations. Find out his life, works, achievements and legacy in this BBC History article.
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The Ecology of Human Populations: Thomas Malthus. Image courtesy of Dennis O’Neil, Palomar College. Thomas Malthus (1766-1834) has a hallowed place in the history of biology, despite the fact that he and his contemporaries thought of him not as a biologist but as a political economist.
Thomas Robert Malthus (February 13, 1766 – December 29, 1834) was a British demographer and political economist, best known for his highly influential views on population growth. Malthus is widely regarded as the founder of modern demography.
