What did Thomas Malthus suggest to address these population concerns?

Thomas Malthus suggested that population growth would inevitably outpace food production, leading to famine and societal collapse. To address these concerns, he proposed preventive measures such as moral restraint, delayed marriage, and lower birth rates, as well as natural checks like famine, disease, and war that would reduce population when it exceeded resources. Malthus believed that without these controls, the struggle for resources would become increasingly dire.