Friday, September 14, 2012

Although an increased population will produce a higher work force, as the population increases too rapidly there will be a shortage of resources, leaving more people in poverty due to their reckless reproduction. Malthus believes that people bring poverty on themselves. He is angry that they blame the rich, when in fact it is their fault for having more kids than they can provide for. This then causes the population to outgrow the food supply leaving everyone in trouble. Malthus also believes that things we think are awful today, were actually good things back then. Things such as floods, famine, and other natural disasters that lower the population are good. In conclusion, Malthus believes that people are at fault for their own poverty, and that natural disasters are a good thing because they reduce population.

4 comments:

  1. Good paragraph, just explain why these natural disasters were considered "good" in this time period. Also indent at the beginning of the paragraph

    ReplyDelete
  2. I like your paragraph Nick, however I have some suggestions. For the sentence "Malthus also believes that things we think are awful today, were actually good things back then. " I would just take it out and simply explain that flood famine and diseases helped slow down the process of the population outgrowing the food supply. Great job!

    ReplyDelete
  3. you have a good paragraph but you need to cut down your run on sentences. but you did a good job analyzing to your thesis

    ReplyDelete
  4. Nice main points- try to connect the reckless production with the limited resources.

    ReplyDelete