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Thomas Malthus Contents Life Born Feb. 13,1766 in Surrey, England Died Dec. 23,1834 in Bath, England Sixth son of seven children Field :Demography, Macroeconomics Married in 1804 and had three children Education Receive education at home when he was young Admited by Cambridge Jesus college in 1784 Major in math Earn a masters degree in 1791 Theory of Population Population increases in geometric progression Food supply grows in arithmetic progression Food constraint will check population growth Theory of Population Theory of Population Malthus argued that three types of checks could control the growth of population. positive checks include famine, disease and war preventive ones abortion, birth control, postponement of marriage and celibacy welfare reform Influence Influence on economics A precursor to later theories about the Great Depression John Maynard Keynes, known for Keynesian economics, modeled his theories upon Malthus’s theory. Influence Influence on population helped promote the idea of a national population Census in the UK.? the first modern British Census being conducted in 1801. Influence Influence on Theory of Evolution the catalyst of the “survival of the fittest” stone to the idea of?natural selection Darwin called his theory an application of the doctrines of Malthus? Criticisms He thought that Malthus’s ideas were “completely barbaric”. He predicted?that science would solve the problem of an adequate food supply Criticisms In a socialist country, the surplus population never appear. Catholic economic scholars refused to accept malthus theory,they thought it was a copy of heresy. * Yanlei Zhang Life and education 1 Theory of Population 2 Influence 3 Criticisms 4 Jesus College, Cambridge Principle of Population Population growth Food supply The banlance is destoryed Engels * * * *