Thomas Robert Malthus
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Thomas Robert Malthus was a British economist and clergyman who lived from 1766 to 1834 and is best known for his theory that population growth tends to outpace food production, leading to widespread poverty and hardship. His ideas significantly influenced debates about population, resources, and social policy that continue to shape discussions about economic and environmental challenges today.
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Essai sur le principe de population ou exposé des effets passés et présens de l'action de cette cause sur le bonheur du genre humain ..
Essai sur le principe de population ou exposé des effets passés et présens de l'action de cette cause sur le bonheur du genre humain ..
Essai sur le principe de population ou exposé des effets passés et présens de l'action de cette cause sur le bonheur du genre humain ..
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Thomas Robert Malthus (/ˈmælθəs/; 13/14 February 1766 – 29 December 1834) was an English economist, cleric, and scholar influential in the fields of political economy and demography.
In his 1798 book An Essay on the Principle of Population, Malthus observed that an increase in a nation's food production improved the well-being of the population, but the improvement was temporary because it led to population growth, which in turn restored the original per capita production level. In other words, humans had a propensity to use abundance for population growth rather than for maintaining a high standard of living, a view and stance that has become known as the "Malthusian trap" or the "Malthusian spectre". Populations had a tendency to grow until the lower class suffered hardship, want, and greater susceptibility to war, famine, and disease, a pessimistic view that is sometimes referred to as a Malthusian catastrophe. Malthus wrote in opposition to the popular view in 18th-century Europe that saw society as improving and in principle as perfectible.
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