Malthus vs. Boserup

Question 1

Malthus

Answer 1

-concerned that population would grow faster than food supply
/-concerned that population would outgrow food supply leading to a catastrophe (war, disease)
-pessimistic view on population growth

Question 2

Boserup

Answer 2

• believed that an increase in population would stimulate technologies to increase food production
• had optimistic theory of population growth