Philip Berry

Malthus essay

To what extend do you think the theories of Malthus actually prediction the future of mankind?

Thomas Malthus was a British Clergyman/economist. He came up with the Malthusian Theory of Population Growth. He decided that production increased at an arithmetic ratio (1, 2, 3...) while population increased at an exponential ratio (1, 2, 4, 8...).  Thus Population growth would outstrip food supply, and mass starvation would follow.  He thought that Man was incapable of controlling his own numbers, so disaster such as floods and epidemics serve to control/reduce his numbers. In this easy I wish either prove or disprove Mathis’s theory.

One issue that would support Malthus is the theory that natural disaster will serve to control/reduce his numbers. The first example of this I am going to explore is the war over resources currently taking place in iraq. The war began on March 20, 2003, when a largely  invaded Iraq. The  soon led to the defeat and flight of Saddam Hussein (the Iraqi president). The U.S.-led armies  and attempted to establish a new  government; however it failed to restore order in Iraq. The unrest led to  between many  and  Iraqis. it is a controversial issue however most people believe that  is was not  the belief that    And the war was purely for America to take the Iraqis resources(oil). The Americans still haven’t pull out of Iraq, and there have been untold amount of death and destruction. The current figures from when Iraq was first invaded in 2003 are between 75,775- 82,560 deaths. This follows Malthus prediction because the resources were limited, a powerful nation served as a tool to reduce the population invading and killing civilians and opposition thus decreasing population.

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Anther issue is famine in Africa, famine is a social and economic crisis that is commonly accompanied by widespread , , , and increased . Famine is induced by a  beyond the regional  to provide food resources. Numerous factors make the food situation difficult in Africa, these are political instability, armed conflict, , , mismanagement in handling food supplies, and trade policies that harm African agriculture.   also has long-term economic effects on agriculture by reducing the available workforce. The deaths have been catastrophic and the population has been greatly reduced. Malthus believed that people would use all there ...

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