“A compact, insightful, and practical guide for leaders and managers to flourish in our coming Exponential Age”—Azeem Azhar, founder, Exponential ViewIn 1798, the influential cleric, scholar, and economist Thomas Malthus predicted that the world would soon run out of food, as linear food production growth would be unable to feed the exponentially growing population. Fast forward 200 years, and the world's population has grown almost 10 times, and we are closer to colonizing ...

"The History of Economic Theory" features selected essays from influential economists of the 18th and 19th centuries. Included are the prominent works of T.R. Malthus, David Ricardo, Frédéric Bastiat, and John Stuart Mill. The integrity of the original essays has been carefully preserved, and no attempt has been made to add further commentary, dialogue, or reasoning to these fine compositions. Res ipsa loquitur. The work speaks for itself.Featured Essays Include:By...

Thomas Robert Malthus (1766-1834) was an English cleric whose ideas, as expounded in his most famous work the Essay on the Principle of Population, caused a storm of controversy. In this Very Short Introduction, Donald Winch explains and clarifies Malthus's ideas, assessing the profound influence he has had on modern economic thought. Concentrating on his writings, Winch sheds light on the context in which he wrote and why his work has remained controversial. Looking at M...

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.

The book has an active table of contents for easy access to each chapter of the following titles:The Wealth of Nations – Adam SmithAn Essay on the Principle of Population – Thomas MalthusThe Wealth of Nations was published in 1776 by Adam Smith and it is one of the most important economic works in economic history since the date. What set Adam Smith’s work apart was the follows:He believed in that self-interest is G...

Western culture is infatuated with the dream of going beyond, even as it is increasingly haunted by the specter of apocalypse: drought, famine, nuclear winter. How did we come to think of the planet and its limits as we do? This book reclaims, redefines, and makes an impassioned plea for limits—a notion central to environmentalism—clearing them from their association with Malthusianism and the ideology and politics that go along with it. Giorgos Kallis rereads reverend-economist Thomas Rob...

Thomas Robert Malthus (1766-1834) was an English cleric whose ideas, as expounded in his most famous work the Essay on the Principle of Population, caused a storm of controversy. In this Very Short Introduction, Donald Winch explains and clarifies Malthus's ideas, assessing the profound influence he has had on modern economic thought. Concentrating on his writings, Winch sheds light on the context in which he wrote and why his work has remained controversial. Looking at M...

“A compact, insightful, and practical guide for leaders and managers to flourish in our coming Exponential Age”—Azeem Azhar, founder, Exponential ViewIn 1798, the influential cleric, scholar, and economist Thomas Malthus predicted that the world would soon run out of food, as linear food production growth would be unable to feed the exponentially growing population. Fast forward 200 years, and the world's population has grown almost 10 times, and we are clos...

Thomas Robert Malthus' "An Inquiry Into the Nature and Progress of Rent" presents a profound investigation into the complexities of land rent and its implications for economic theory and social structures. Written in Malthus' characteristic analytical style, the work synthesizes previous economic thought with his own observations, emphasizing the interface between agricultural productivity and socioeconomic disparity. In the context of early 19th-century England, this treatise articulates ...

In "Malthus and His Work," James Bonar presents a comprehensive exploration of Thomas Robert Malthus's influential theories on population dynamics and socio-economic implications. Bonar employs a meticulous literary style, weaving together historical context and analytical rigor to situate Malthus's ideas within the broader intellectual movement of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. This work engages deeply with Malthus's seminal essay on population, critically examining its reception...

In questa opera di Achille Loria, la biografia del grande Thomas Robert Malthus, economista e demografo inglese.

A radical new reading of eighteenth-century British theorist Thomas Robert Malthus, which recovers diverse ideas about subsistence production and environments later eclipsed by classical economicsWith the publication of Essay on the Principle of Population and its projection of food shortages in the face of ballooning populations, British theorist Thomas Robert Malthus secured a leading role in modern political and economic thought. In this startling new i...