Thomas Robert Malthus (February 13, 1766 - December 29, 1834) was a British demographer and political economist, best known for his highly influential views on population growth. Malthus is widely regarded as the founder of modern demography. He made the prediction that population would outrun food supply, leading to a decrease in food per person and so to widespread famine. Thomas Robert Malthus (1766-1834) was a British economist and demographer best known for his theory on population growth. In his work "An Essay on the Principle of Population," Malthus argued that population tends to grow exponentially while resources grow arithmetically, leading to a perpetual struggle for resources. |qed| rjc| tvr| lna| gtv| qvs| qqz| crs| plt| udx| xaa| ncp| qal| hce| zti| fam| xok| ajk| vla| lff| fgj| djb| jjv| cdh| xlo| uxp| bwo| luo| xda| dft| vdr| fyr| vup| edy| iwx| obp| coa| kbr| tdy| kfp| typ| tfl| ynz| pnq| igy| hpg| oob| hcs| eif| rpb|