Those of us who have been fortunate enough to have been born in what is often still referred to as the Western World (Europe and North America) rarely appreciate the historical uniqueness of our ...

AN ESSAY ON THE PRINCIPLE OF POPULATION AS IT AFFECTS THE FUTURE IMPROVEMENT OF SOCIETY, WITH REMARKS ON THE SPECULATIONS OF MR. GODWIN, M. CONDORCET, AND OTHER WRITERS. BY THOMAS ROBERT MALTHUS.

News editors have been waxing and waning on the sudden growth in population mainly due to the heavy influx of foreigners lured to vacancies which could not be filled by locals. Apart from xenophobic ...

In their article covering the 200 years of welfare debate, Fred Block of UC Davis and Margaret Somers of the University of Michigan say Malthus, a founder of classical political economy and modern ...

Overpopulation in Malta has led to significant strain on infrastructure, increased traffic congestion, and challenges in waste and sewage management. The rapid population growth has also raised ...

When the Reverend Thomas Malthus predicted in 1798 that the booming population would doom the world to famine and disaster, he had no idea how wrong he would prove to be. Two centuries on, as the ...

In 1798, Thomas Robert Malthus, a popular economist, published An Essay on the Principle of Population. In this essay, Malthus argued that population grew geometrically while food production grew ...

According to the recent United Nations report, India is expected to become the world's most populous country in 2023, surpassing China. Currently, both countries account for about 40 percent of the ...