Thomas_Malthus

Thomas Malthus The Writings of Thomas Malthus The fame of the English economist Thomas Robert Malthus has remained because of his work "An Essay on the Principle of Population", published in 1798. In it he sought to show that increases in population will eventually diminish the ability of the world to feed itself. "...I say that the power of population is indefinitely greater than the power in the earth to produce subsistence for man." He based this conclusion on the thesis that populations expand in such a way as to overtake the possibility of adding enough land for crops. While some of Malthus' statements have been put aside by many economists, 20th-century worries over population growth brought him back into favor. The 1798 pamphlet was expanded into a book in malthus, population, power, work, thomas, remained, college, because, became, 1798, writings, worries, world, while, way, viewed, university, threat, thesis, surrey, supply, subsistence, studying, statements, sought, sixth, show, say, saw, saving, rookery, robert, rest, recessions, put