The Economics of Thomas Robert Malthus
The Economics of Thomas Robert Malthus

Author: Samuel Hollander

Publisher: University of Toronto Press

Published: 1997-01-01

Total Pages: 1084

ISBN-13: 9780802007902

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Hollander investigates the relation of Malthusian economics to that of the other great classicists - particularly Smith, Ricardo, J.B. Say, and the French physiocrats. He redefines our common perception of Malthus's method and character.

The New Worlds of Thomas Robert Malthus
The New Worlds of Thomas Robert Malthus

Author: Alison Bashford

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Published: 2017-11-07

Total Pages: 362

ISBN-13: 0691177910

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This book is a sweeping global and intellectual history that radically recasts our understanding of Malthus's Essay on the Principle of Population, the most famous book on population ever written or ever likely to be. Malthus's Essay is also persistently misunderstood. First published anonymously in 1798, the Essay systematically argues that population growth tends to outpace its means of subsistence unless kept in check by factors such as disease, famine, or war, or else by lowering the birth rate through such means as sexual abstinence. Challenging the widely held notion that Malthus's Essay was a product of the British and European context in which it was written, Alison Bashford and Joyce Chaplin demonstrate that it was the new world, as well as the old, that fundamentally shaped Malthus's ideas.

An Essay on the Principle of Population
An Essay on the Principle of Population

Author: T. R. Malthus

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 2012-03-13

Total Pages: 162

ISBN-13: 0486115771

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The first major study of population size and its tremendous importance to the character and quality of society, this classic examines the tendency of human numbers to outstrip their resources.

An Essay on the Principle of Population and Other Writings
An Essay on the Principle of Population and Other Writings

Author: Thomas Malthus

Publisher: Penguin UK

Published: 2015-06-04

Total Pages: 352

ISBN-13: 0141392835

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Malthus' life's work on human population and its dependency on food production and the environment was highly controversial on publication in 1798. He predicted what is known as the Malthusian catastrophe, in which humans would disregard the limits of natural resources and the world would be plagued by famine and disease. He significantly influenced the thinking of Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace and his theories continue to raise important questions today in the fields of social theory, economics and the environment. With an introduction by Robert Mayhew.

Malthus
Malthus

Author: Robert J. Mayhew

Publisher: Harvard University Press

Published: 2014-04-28

Total Pages: 295

ISBN-13: 0674728718

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Though Robert Malthus has never disappeared, he has been perpetually misunderstood. Robert Mayhew offers at once a major reassessment of Malthus’s ideas and an intellectual history of the origins of modern debates about demography, resources, and the environment, giving historical depth to our current planetary concerns.

Malthus Across Nations
Malthus Across Nations

Author: Gilbert Faccarello

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Published: 2020-04-24

Total Pages: 475

ISBN-13: 1788977572

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The writings of Thomas Robert Malthus continue to resonate today, particularly An Essay on the Principle of Population which was published more than two centuries ago. Malthus Across Nations creates a fascinating picture of the circulation of his economic and demographic ideas across different countries, highlighting the reception of his works in a variety of nations and cultures. This unique book offers not only a fascinating piece of comparative analysis in the history of economic thought but also places some of today’s most pressing debates into an accurate historical perspective, thereby improving our understanding of them.