The economist Thomas Malthus believed that humans would reproduce to the limit of the food supply, and population growth increases faster than food supply, so the food supply eventually would not be able to support the population.
Modern economists found that prosperity decreases population growth eventually as women choose comfort and pleasure through consumerism instead of extra child bearing.
An update to Matlhus' paradigm might be that the population will consume as much as it can, to the limits of the capacity for production of consumables, regardless of the rate of population growth. As society's median prosperity increases, consumer consumption skyrockets.
https://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/article/history_07 The Ecology of Human Populations: Thomas Malthus
Modern economists found that prosperity decreases population growth eventually as women choose comfort and pleasure through consumerism instead of extra child bearing.
An update to Matlhus' paradigm might be that the population will consume as much as it can, to the limits of the capacity for production of consumables, regardless of the rate of population growth. As society's median prosperity increases, consumer consumption skyrockets.
https://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/article/history_07 The Ecology of Human Populations: Thomas Malthus
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