Food supply
The factors that Thomas Malthus thought would eventually limit the human population were war, famine, and disease.
Food supply
Food supply
Thomas Malthus is the person who made the prediction that the human population would grow quicker than the resources required to sustain it. Malthus was an English scholar. Which is called Malthus' Principle
Mathus felt that population is limited by food supply so we need to limit population growth or starve.
The Malthus theory was developed by Robert Thomas Malthus. Malthus used mathematical means to suggests that over a period of time, the earthâ??s population would come to overpower the resources that will be left in the world.
He might not of if Malthus had not been around but he depended on the works of Lyell.
Malthus would argue no. Henry George would argue yes.
Thomas Malthus, an English economist, is famously known for the theory that the population would eventually outgrow the food supply leading to widespread famine and social collapse. This idea is known as the Malthusian catastrophe.
population would be limited by food supply
Thomas Robert Malthus was born on February 13, 1766.
I think Malthus published his essay anonymously the first time because he feared what would happen and the reactions of the people in England. Since his family had eight children, he didn't want to disgrace them by saying they had the wrong amount of children. ~Savannah (from Georgia)