Saturday, February 20, 2016
12:30 PM
Location: Black Rock
February’s presentation will be from Corina Schusheim:
“My talk will be an inquiry about whether the Robert Malthus Theory of Population Growth applies to today’s society. Does a high rate population growth cause poverty, or does poverty cause a high rate of population growth? Is there a relationship between a society’s level of prosperity and its population growth? I will present examples of neo-Malthusian themes in literature, and contemporary media. Then we will conclude with predictions from demographers and economists. A bibliography will be provided of source materials on this topic.”