Malthus's simple yet powerful argument was highly controversial in its day.
This is a replica of the 1826 sixth edition.
This is a replica of the 1826 sixth edition.
It contains the full text of the first 1820 edition, including Malthus's own invaluable 70-page summary, and contains details of all the additions, omissions, and emendations that occurred between the first and the second, posthumous, ...
This new edition, edited by Philip Appleman, of the classic work contains the text of the original 1798 essay, along with later revisions made by Malthus himself. Background and source materials include such writers as Hume and Adam Smith.
Malthus's classic prescription for the problem of overpopulation
One of the most influential works on political economy, it had a profound effect on social policy during the nineteenth century, especially on the development of harsher poor laws in Great Britain. (It was the guiding spirit behind the Poor ...
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