He joined with such men as Charles Babbage to found the Statistical Society of London, though his major work uses little data.
Like Thomas Paine, he wrote a pamphlet entitled "The Crisis," though his was in support of building workhouses. He joined with such men as Charles Babbage to found the Statistical Society of London, though his major work uses little data. That work argues that vice, misery, and self-restraint are the only ways to prevent the arithmetic increase of food supplies from being outstripped by the geometric increase of food consumers. For 10 points, name this author of An Essay on the Principle of Population, who predicted inevitable starvation of the poor.
Like Thomas Paine, he wrote a pamphlet entitled "The Crisis," though his was in support of building workhouses.
Thomas Malthus