Scarcity and Population. A Non-Malthusian Point of View

AbstractThis paper aims to demonstrate that the Malthusian fear of overpopulation is not based on sound economic arguments. In order to prove this hypothesis, we treat the resource-population relationship from a dynamic perspective. The pessimistic vision about the economic future of mankind is based on a methodological error, that is, to analyze the relationship population - resources from a static perspective, which takes into account the known volume of reserves and ignores in a large extent the impact of knowledge generated by science and entrepreneurship. Therefore, the Malthusian approach is unrealistic and contradicts economic realities of the last two centuries