He feared that population growth would tend to outstrip growth in food production, leading to ever increasing famine and poverty (see Malthusian catastrophe); he is seen as the intellectual father of ideas of overpopulation and the limits to growth.
Population growth would tend to outstrip growth in food production (see Malthusian catastrophe). Growth in food production is leading to ever increasing famine and poverty. He feared this. He is seen as the intellectual father of ideas of overpopulation to growth. He is seen as the intellectual father of ideas of the limits to growth.