Malthus
โ Scribed by Winch, Donald
- Book ID
- 110454684
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, Incorporated
- Year
- 1987
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 152 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9780199670413
- ASIN
- B00Y2QT2T8
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โฆ Synopsis
Thomas Robert Malthus created a considerable controversy with his 1789 publicationEssay on the Principle of Population. Since then there has been a great deal of confusion about the ideas attributed to him. Donald Winch here examines the contribution Malthus made to political econony, morality, and demography, and the changes hisEssayunderwent after its second, mature edition of 1803. He also assesses the profound influence of Malthus on Darwin and Keynes, and his significance for contemporary economic thought.
๐ SIMILAR VOLUMES
Thomas Robert Malthus (1766-1834) was a leading figure in the British classical school of economics, best-known for extending the insights of Adam Smith at a time of revolutionary improvements in agriculture and industry. This book explores the way in which he accounted for the tendency to overpopul