
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.

as Self

as Self

as Self

as Self

as Self

as Self

as (voice)

as (voice)

as (voice)

as Crofter

as Crofter

as Lord Napier

as James Loch

as Self (Population Institute, 1993) (archive footage)

as Self (Population Institute, 1993) (archive footage)

as Self (Population Institute, 1993) (archive footage)