Month: June 2015

  • Malthus, Malthusianism, Neo-Malthusianism 2

    Malthus, Malthusianism, Neo-Malthusianism 2

    This article examines the Neo-Malthusians. A Neo-Malthusian shared the Malthusian belief that: “The Power of population is so superior to the power of the Earth to produce the subsistence for man, that premature death must in some shape or other visit the human race.” While a traditional Malthusian thought that family size should be limited by marrying later in life…