Introduction The Malthusian Model was proposed by Thomas Malthus in 1798 in his book ‘An essay onthe Principle of Population’, with the goal of showing the dangers of excessive populationgrowth in a pre-industrial world, where the majority of economic activity was produced bythe agricultural sector. While this model may have been relevant in pre-industrial England,due to the huge technological development which has occurred in the … Continue reading The Malthusian Model