Population models

Everybody has different perspectives, in whatever the subject is. Thomas Malthus and Ester Boserup had different perspectives concerning population growth. Their own theories will be explained.


Thomas Malthus
Thomas Malthus was an English that dedicated his life into economics, demographics and political issues. Regarding demographics, he had his own thory about population. He believed that human population would grow much more faster than food supply. Furthermore, when no food was available, while population would be growing constantly (overpopulation), population will start to collapse and it would create diseases, famine, and war.

However, there is another perspective, that looks less cruel than the one of Malthus.
Ester Boserup
Estrer Boserup was a Danish economist that had a different perspective about population growth. She believed that when population grew, people would be able to handle it. This included that people would know what to do: the invention of new technologies or the implementation of systems in order to increase food supplies. This is really different in thinking than Malthus, since she believes that food supply could be increased.

References

"Maltus Theory." TalkTalk. Helicon Publishing, 2010. Web. 3 Oct 2010. <http://www.talktalk.co.uk/reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0034800.html>.

"Population Theories." SlideShare. N.p., 2006. Web. 3 Oct 2010. <http://www.slideshare.net/HNurton/population-theories>.