Who was Thomas Malthus and what did he propose would happen to humans?

Answer 1

Thomas Malthus was a British economist during the Industrial Revolution and is considered one of the fathers of capitalism.

In his "An Essay of the Principle of Population" (1798) Malthus stated that populations would rise faster than food supply would. He reasoned that the occaisional epidemic, war, famine, etc. to kill off a relatively small fraction of the population, considered excess people, was beneficial in the long run, because otherwise the population would grow uncontrollably and most, if not all, people would be poor and miserable.

Answer 2

Thomas Malthus was a British economist who proposed the theory that human population growth would outpace the ability to produce enough food, leading to widespread famine, disease, and other forms of suffering. He believed that without checks on population growth, such as war, famine, or disease, human populations would naturally be limited by these factors.