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- T h e A u t h o r
- Thomas Robert Malthus, English economist, sociologist, and pioneer in modern population study, was born near Guildford, Surrey, England, in 1766. He studied at Jesus College, University of Cambridge. In 1798 he became curate of the parish of Albury in Surrey and held this post for a short time. From 1805 until his death in 1834, he was professor of political economy and modern history at the college of the East India Company at Haileybury. He is best known for his «Essay on the Principle of Population» (1798). According to Malthus, poverty and distress are unavoidable, since population increases by geometrical ratio and the means of subsistence by arithmetical ratio. The writings of Malthus influenced subsequent economists, particularly David Ricardo.
- T h e W o r k
- An Essay on the Principle of Population, as it affects the Future Improvement of Society, with Remarks on the Speculations of Mr Godwin, M. Condorcet and Other Writers.
(1798)
An Investigation of the Cause of the Present High Price of Provisions, Containing an illustration of the nature and limits of fair price in time of scarcity and its application to the particular circumstances of the country.
(1800)
An Essay on the Principle of Population; or a View of its past and present Effects on Human Happiness; with an Inquiry into our Prospects respecting the Removal or Mitigation of the Evils which it occasions.
(1803, revised and expanded 2nd edition of 1798)
A Letter to Samuel Whitbread, Esq., M.P. on his proposed bill for the amendment of the Poor Laws.
(1807)
A Letter to the Right Honourable Lord Grenville occasioned by some observations of his lordship on the East India Company's establishment for the education of their civil servants.
(1813)
Observations on the Effects of the Corn Laws, and of a rise or fall in the price of corn on the agriculture and general wealth of the country.
(1814.)
An Inquiry into the Nature and Progress of Rent, and the principles by which it is regulated.
(1815)
The Grounds of an Opinion on the Policy of Restricting the Importation of Foreign Corn.
(1815)
An Essay on the Principle of Population; or a View of its past and present Effects on Human Happiness; with an Inquiry into our Prospects respecting the Removal or Mitigation of the Evils which it occasions.
(5th ed. 1817)
Statements Respecting the East-India College.
(1817)
Principles of Political Economy: Considered with a view to their practical application.
(1820)
The Measure of Value Stated and Illustrated, With an Application of it to the alterations in the value of English currency.
(1823)
Tooke - On High and Low Prices.
(Quaterly Review, 1823)
Political Economy.
(Quarterly Review, 1824)
Population
(Encyclopedia Britannica, 1824)
An Essay on the Principle of Population; or a View of its past and present Effects on Human Happiness; with an Inquiry into our Prospects respecting the Removal or Mitigation of the Evils which it occasions.
(6th ed. 1826)
Definitions in Political economy: Preceded by an inquiry into the rules which ought to guide political economists in the definition and use of their terms; with remarks on the derivation from these rules in their writings.
(1827)
A Summary View of the Principle of Population.
(1830)
- A p p e n d i x
- Malthus page (Rod Hay's Archive for the History of Economic Thought)
Malthus page (The History of Economic Thought Website)
Malthus today (in German)
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