Bulletin of Geography. Socio-economic Series

Title:
Thomas Malthus modern sounding.

Authors

Alexander Sholudko - Peoples' Friendship University of Russia, Russia

Viacheslav Shuper - Peoples' Friendship University of Russia, Russia

Keywords
Thomas Malthus, Malthusianism, population growth, productivity, standard of living, poverty, charity

Abstract
Thomas Malthus was perceived in history as a man of one idea, of one law, namely, as the author of 'the law of population'. His ideas have been inspiring hot arguments and discussions for over 200 years. In our article we want to present Thomas Malthus as a profoundly decent man, social thinker, humanist and zealous servant of the ideals of Enlightenment.

DOI:
10.2478/v10089-011-0017-6

BGSS No. 16 (2011)