ECS3705 Study unit 3

ECS3705-Study-unit-3 Chapter 6, 7 & 8: Chapter 6 1. Malthus on the Poor Laws Malthus believed poverty and misery are natural punishments for the failure by the “lower classes” to restrain their reproduction. He felt that there must be no government relief for the poor. He believed that by giving them aid would cause more children to survive thus ultimately worsening the problem of hunger. Some of his ideas were adopted into the Poor Laws. This law abolished all relief for ablebodied p...