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Malthus Thomas - An Essay On The Principle Of Population - Paperback
Malthus Thomas - An Essay On The Principle Of Population - Paperback
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Description: As the world's population continues to grow at a rapid rate Malthus's classic warning against overpopulation gains ever more importance. An Essay on the Principle of Population (1798) examines the tendency of human numbers to outstrip their resources: better economic conditions lead inevitably to lower mortality rates; poor relief encourages the poorest and most irresponsible to multiply; reproduction exceeds food production. Malthus's simple yet powerful argument was highly controversial in its day. Literary England despised him for dashing its hopes for social progress. Today his name remains a byword for active concern about man's demographic and ecological prospects. In this new edition of the Essay Geoffrey Gilbert considers why it was so effective and ties it to issues of social policy theology evolution and the environment.
Title: An Essay On The Principle Of Population
Author(s): Malthus Thomas, Gilbert, Geoffrey (Professor Of Economics, Professor Of Economics, Hobart And William Smith Colleges, Geneva, New York)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Barcode: 9780199540457
Pages: 208 Pages
Publication Date: 8/1/2008
Series: Oxford World's Classics
Category: Economic Theory & Philosophy
Description: As the world's population continues to grow at a rapid rate Malthus's classic warning against overpopulation gains ever more importance. An Essay on the Principle of Population (1798) examines the tendency of human numbers to outstrip their resources: better economic conditions lead inevitably to lower mortality rates; poor relief encourages the poorest and most irresponsible to multiply; reproduction exceeds food production. Malthus's simple yet powerful argument was highly controversial in its day. Literary England despised him for dashing its hopes for social progress. Today his name remains a byword for active concern about man's demographic and ecological prospects. In this new edition of the Essay Geoffrey Gilbert considers why it was so effective and ties it to issues of social policy theology evolution and the environment.
Title: An Essay On The Principle Of Population
Author(s): Malthus Thomas, Gilbert, Geoffrey (Professor Of Economics, Professor Of Economics, Hobart And William Smith Colleges, Geneva, New York)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Barcode: 9780199540457
Pages: 208 Pages
Publication Date: 8/1/2008
Series: Oxford World's Classics
Category: Economic Theory & Philosophy
