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News and Articles on Thomas Robert Malthus
Are Malthus's Predicted 1798 Food Shortages Coming True? (Extended version) Aug 25, 2008
In 1798 Thomas Robert Malthus famously predicted that short-term gains in living standards would inevitably be undermined as human population growth outstripped food production, and thereby drive living standards back toward subsistence. We were, he argued, condemned by the tendency of population to grow geometrically while food production would increase only arithmetically. (Scientific American)
How the world can feed its hungry billions May 11, 2008
One of the most popular and abiding theories is the one first proposed by British political scientist Thomas Robert Malthus two centuries ago. In simple terms, he propounded that population will grow till it outstrips food production, and then famines, wars and epidemics will intervene to restore the balance. (India Times)
Economics of China: Part 1 Mar 5, 2008
Economic thought has produced a spectrum of ideologies on the subject ranging from the pessimism of Thomas Robert Malthus to the optimism of Hendrik Van den Berg. Regardless of one s position on the spectrum one, can define economic sustainability as the rate of growth that can be sustained indefinitely (Van den Berg 574). (Suite101.com)
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