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Introduction:
What many know, at least those with a basic knowledge of economics, Malthus is the man who lived in a couple of hundred years ago. He said the people, sooner or later, would run up against themselves universally; Malthus predicted that the demand for food inevitably becomes much greater than the supply of it. ... Malthus developed his theory, at least to this extent: that left alone, no matter all the problems barring world wide catastrophe, human will survive, as, nature has a natural way to cut population levels: "crime, disease, war, and vice are the necessary checks on population." This proposition, as was made by Malthus in 1798, was to cause quite a public stir at that time.
Malthus Life:
Thomas Robert Malthus was born in 1766 at the Rookery, a country estate in Dorking, Surrey, which is the place just south of London. He was the second son of Daniel Malthus, a country gentleman and devotional disciple of Jean-Jacques Rousseau and David Hume (both of whom he knew personally). Accordingly, as a boy, Malthus was educated privately, partly by his father and partly by a series of tutors. In 1784 Malthus entered Jesus College, Cambridge, and was ordained a minister of the Church of England in 1788.
While at College, Malthus "took orders" thus becoming a curate of the Church .Around 1796, Malthus became a curate in the town of Albury, a few miles from his house. ...
In this famous work, Malthus posited his assumption that unchecked population growth always exceeds the growth of goods. ... As long as this tendency lives, Malthus argued, the "perfectibility" of society will always be out of reach. ... In the second edition essay, Malthus concentrated on bringing empirical evidence to bear (much of it acquired on his extensive travels to Germany, Russia and Scandinavia). ... Thus, although seemingly opposing, Malthus is suggesting the possibility of "demographic transition" like pretty high incomes may be enough by themselves to reduce fertility.
The Essay made Malthus into an intellectual prominent person.
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