> In my opinion Malthus is getting way too much credit considering real life proved him wrong. Additionally, William Godwin refuted his arguments, at the time.

> In my opinion Malthus is getting way too much credit considering real life proved him wrong. Additionally, William Godwin refuted his arguments, at the time. But gets no credit. BTW, no one seems to have mentioned it, but Malthus said that food production grows linearly, whereas human populations grow geometrically, so food production won't be able to keep up.