Thomas Malthus (Michael Kowalski)

Fellow economist, I greet you with the open arms of God. I am Reverend Robert (Thomas) Malthus. Industrialization is touchy subject, and some of you just cant understand its drawbacks and faults. Some of you, such as David Ricardo, are just completely wrong and do not have half of a brain to even conceive this. But that is why God sent me here, to inform you on how the economy functions. This Industrialization is not solely a good thing. People may tend to forget but with this mistake one must not think himself more incompetent than Mr. Ricardo, for you still have hope. What happens with an Industrial Revolution? More people; that's what. And now the next jump, what do you need with more people? There is the catch. A society needs hygiene, food, and the space to put the people. The rate of which these former things increase to not even begin to compare to the rate at which the citizens populate. A one point the population will reach a climax, a maxim where the means to support these people simply are not sufficient enough. Therefore you have catastrophe, suffering and death until the population can be steadily supported. That is your lesson to day my pupils and go forth and worship the Creator.