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Comparison Of Thomas Malthus And Garret Hardin Cycle Of Poverty

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Poverty is the discrepancy between the powers of reproduction and the ability to expand food production. People are poor because there are too many of them, and they keep having children in spite of their poverty. Poverty exists because of overpopulation. Providing relief to the poor will simply encourage them to have more children. Poverty is an economic issue, and eliminating poverty will not only benefit the individual, but will benefit the entire country. Both Thomas Malthus and Garret Hardin proved poverty is the fault of the individual and therefore it is their responsibility to eliminate it. Wealthy nations are not responsible for eliminating poverty among the poorer nations. To begin, poverty goes hand in hand with overpopulation. Poor people choose to continue to reproduce which ultimately leads to them continuing the cycle of poverty. The poor people are to blame for their poverty and it is their job to reduce population and eliminate poverty. Malthus proves that poverty will always be with us because of population increase. Poverty is the result of the poor people, who lack moral standards, and refuse to change their …show more content…

The population continues to increase geometrically while subsistence only increases arithmetically (Malthus 325). The poor people start having families at a young age and continue to reproduce. Essentially this leads to overpopulation, which in the long run leads to us occupying all of the land and running out. This makes it harder for people in poverty to find work because so many people are looking for jobs. Labor prices then cost less, but because of the lack of food the price for it goes up. This ultimately leads to the poor people having to work more and harder to make money. Once they make money, and are able to buy food and provide for their family, they believe they are well off which leads to them reproducing and the poverty cycle starting all over again (Malthus

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