When Malthus published his famous essay on the Principle of Population in 1798,what concerned him was primarily the relation between population growth and food production in line with the law of supply and demand.He r...When Malthus published his famous essay on the Principle of Population in 1798,what concerned him was primarily the relation between population growth and food production in line with the law of supply and demand.He recognized the statement that"population must always be kept down to the level of the means of subsistence,"but inquired into the means by which this leveling of population is achieved.He justified the necessity of checks on population.展开更多
文摘When Malthus published his famous essay on the Principle of Population in 1798,what concerned him was primarily the relation between population growth and food production in line with the law of supply and demand.He recognized the statement that"population must always be kept down to the level of the means of subsistence,"but inquired into the means by which this leveling of population is achieved.He justified the necessity of checks on population.
