Production and Trade
Another criticism of the Malthusian Theory is that he failed to account for the role that other types of production played when it came to supporting a sizeable population with food. When making the prediction about the growth rate of food being arithmetic, Malthus used the basis that land was a limited resource. In his belief, this meant that the growth rate of food was much more limited than population growth which would inevitably result in a crisis. This did not come to pass however, because as countries such as England began to enter the Industrial Revolution, they began to focus on and use other natural and man-made resources (Tushar). This allowed people to shift total concentration from food production and led to global trade. Trade allows places with large populations to acquire food from others in the event that they do not have the resources and land to grow their own. Because of this, food has become more available to society than Malthus once predicted (Agarwal). There is some belief that Malthus overlooked this fact due to his attention being mainly focused on England and the problems faced there at the time. In this time period for example places such as the United States and Argentina were just starting to produce substantial amounts of food (Zafar).
