Question

what is mathus population growth theory?

Answer 1

"1.subsistence severely limits population-level
2.when the means of subsistence increases, population increases
3.population-pressures stimulate increases in productivity
4.increases in productivity stimulate further population-growth
5.because productivity increases cannot maintain the potential rate of population growth, population requires strong checks to keep parity with the carrying-capacity
6. individual cost/benefit decisions regarding sex, work, and children determine the expansion or contraction of population and production
7.checks will come into operation as population exceeds subsistence-level
8.he nature of these checks will have significant effect on the larger sociocultural system—Malthus points specifically to misery, vice, and poverty" ~ Wikipedia