An Essay on the Principle of Population: The Original 1798 Edition by Thomas Malthus

An Essay on the Principle of Population: The Original 1798 Edition

Thomas Malthus

152 pages hardcover

19 editions

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Thomas Malthus was a mild-mannered economist who set the world afire in 1798 with this essay on the 'principle of population.' Prompted to put his thoughts down on paper in response to a work by William Godwin ("Avarice and Profusion") and other w...

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