I could be wrong,
but I think Malthus' famous essay was written largely with an agenda of proving that starvation was natural, and not caused by particular policies...like, you know, taking all the poor people's food away.

He also stated that one solution to overpopulation was contraception, but of course that would be immoral and so shouldn't be considered.
(apeloverage committed the vile act of onanism on, Sat 19 Apr 2008, 18:20, Reply)