The Legacy of Malthus
MovieTitle | The Legacy of Malthus |
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Release date | Jan 1, 1994 |
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Director | Deepa Dhanraj |
Production country | United Kingdom |
Production companies | BBC |
Run time | 51 min. |
Discusses Malthus's theories of population and the causes of poverty. As film contrasts the 19th century poor in Scotland with today's poor in India, it takes on the international population "establishment", challenging the entrenched view that overpopulation alone is responsible for poverty and environmental destruction.