Who is malthus

The result is the opposite of what Malthus predicted: the wealthiest nations with the greatest food security have the lowest fertility rates, whereas the most food-insecure countries have the highest fertility rates. The solution to overpopulation is not to force people to have fewer children. China's one-child policy showed the futility of that experiment. It is to raise the poorest nations out of poverty through democratic governance, free trade, access to birth control, and the education and economic empowerment of women.

This article was originally published with the title "Doomsday Catch" in Scientific American , 5, 72 May Michael Shermer is publisher of Skeptic magazine www. Already a subscriber? Sign in. Thanks for reading Scientific American. Wrigley, E. The Works of Thomas Robert Malthus 8 volumes. London: Pickering, Citation: Stead, David R. Net Encyclopedia, edited by Robert Whaples. December 19, Please read our Copyright Information page for important copyright information.

Send email to admin eh. Newsletters To join the newsletters or submit a posting go to click here. David R. Malthus was home-schooled before he was accepted to Cambridge University's Jesus College in There he earned a master's degree in and became a fellow two years later.

In , Malthus became a professor of history and political economy at the East India Company's college at Haileybury. Malthus became a fellow of the Royal Society in Malthus was elected among the 10 royal associates of the Royal Society of Literature in Malthus also co-founded the Statistical Society of London in He died in St. Catherine, near Bath, Somerset in Encyclopedia Britannica. Wealth Management. Actively scan device characteristics for identification.

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