Thomas Malthus is an English scientist, demographer and economist. He is the author of the theory that population growth leads to a decrease in wealth and mass starvation. At the same time, state intervention in the distribution of income between the rich and the poor does not give anything, since the ruling class is insignificant in comparison with the huge mass of the poor, and attempts to redistribute the wealth of the ruling class in favor of the poor will not solve the problem of poverty. From here, Malthus considered wars and epidemics to be a genuine boon for mankind, since they help to reduce the number of people on Earth so that the rest live better.

This book presents the main work of Thomas Malthus, An Essay on the Law of Population, as well as works his opponents and supporters.