Question

State TWO criticisms of Malthus Theory.

Answer 1

Answer:

1. Food Production : Thanks to many technological advancements, food

production has dramatically increased over the past century. Often, the

food production rate has grown higher than the population growth rate.

2. Population Growth: The gloom and doom forecasts put forward by

Malthus have not played out. In Western Europe, populations have grown

(not at the rate Malthus predicted) and food production has also risen

because of technological advancements.  

Explanation:

1. Food production: He said that there will be less food production and more population but due to the technoloigcal advancement in today's society, we are able to achieve more food production than the rate of increasement in the population. When he gave this theory, the agricultural field/technologies were not advanced enough but now that we have high techs for mass production, we have more food production than population growth.

2. He says that population growth will be in a geomatric way(expontianl way). When we look in the western countries now a days, we do not see his theory working.

Answer 2

Answer:

Mathematical Proposition not supported by facts

Explanation:

Mathematical Proposition not supported by facts

The foremost strong criticism leveled on Malthus is that his mathematical proposition is not supported by facts and history.

These two terms ‘Geometrical’ and ‘Arithmetical’ seem to be unrealistic. There is no example in history of countries where population and food supply have increased through geometrical and arithmetical progression, respectively.

Undue emphasis on the relation between Population and Food Supply:

Prof. Malthus has given undue emphasis on the relation between population and food supply. In fact, increase in population should be considered in relation to total wealth rather than food supply. Prof. Seligman argued that the problem of population is not one of mere size but of efficient production and equitable distribution.

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