Thomas Robert Malthus

by David Reisman and David A. Reisman

Book Overview

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 overpopulation, the exhaustion of arable land and the deficiency of effective demand.

Malthus relied on historical and empirical evidence in the spirit...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 303013203X
• ISBN13: 9783030132033
• Release Date: December 2019
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.8" x 8.3"