An Essay on the Principle of Population Review



An Essay on the Principle of Population by Thomas Malthus (208 pages)
My Rating: 2 Stars
Date Read: 28 February 2016

Synopsis:

As the world's population continues to grow at a frighteningly rapid rate, Malthus's classic warning against overpopulation gains increasing importance. An Essay on the Principle of Population (1798) examines the tendency of human numbers to outstrip their resources, and argues that checks in the form of poverty, disease, and starvation are necessary to keep societies from moving beyond their means of subsistence. Malthus's simple but powerful argument was controversial in his time; today his name has become a byword for active concern about humankind's demographic and ecological prospects.

My Review:

Again, we have more essays which are not very enjoyable.

There wasn't anything in particular I found interesting in these essays. They all spoke of similar things to what Darwin talks about, but is less coherent as they go along.

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