Malthus: Sobrepoblación, prejuicio ideológico (1a. Parte)

Abstract

T.R. Malthus's theory of population has had the greatest impact on the history of social and natural science. Eventhough his main fundaments appear tu be up to date after 200 years of his postulation, procedural flaws exist in theory, which are frequently not considered forcing the necessity for supervision. The merit of Malthus's theory is that the earth's resources are limited and the many intuitions about the negative effects that population's growth has on earth, are correct. However, Malthus makes a procedural mistake, when he tries to elaborate a universal population law. He overlooks the existence of the reserve industrial army; both who are structural phenomenon, specifically monetary, producing a different population dynamic than that of a different era in history.