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This 7 page paper looks at the theories of Thomas Malthus on population growth and control. His controversial views were not universally accepted as they appeared to condone the abandonment of welfare provisions due to the relationship between food production and population growth. Alternative views have been put forward in the years since Malthus first published his theories, as such the theories of Esther Boserup which can be seen as a strong contrast to Malthus are also considered. The bibliography cites 5 sources.
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has been such a problem in some areas that public policy has been put in place to ensure that couples have only one child in order to reduce the population.
There have been many social and economic theories as the to reason behind this population growth. All other this are the theories which encompass many influencing factors from the nature
of man to the ability of the earth environment to sustain such a large and increasing population. One of the earliest economic
theologians to tackle this problem was Thomas Malthus, with a major contribution to this economic field published in An Essay on the Principle of Population in 1798. Malthus looked to
these two factors as the overriding principle in the reproduction of man as determined by the forces of nature;
"First, That food is necessary to the existence of man. Secondly, That the passion between
the sexes is necessary and will remain nearly in its present state" (Malthus,
1798) These theories were very significant as over two hundred years later they are still considered valid as arguments and perspectives on
the population explosion that he may have envisage if his theories were to be proven true. Additionally the have also gone on to influence others such as hiss friend David
Ricardo (malthus_index.htm, 2000). The essays themselves were interpreted by many readers to be opposing social reforms (Cocy, 2000)and later in the mid nineteenth century the neo-Malthusianism emerged, a movement that
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