Thomas Malthus
historical figure · 2 works · 2 mentions · 2 anchored passages
Malthus · the neo-Malthusians
in the texts
Lectures on the Relation between Law and Public Opinion in England
Economist whose population principles Mill reinterpreted as conditions for progress.
He built his economical views upon the foundations of Ricardo and Malthus, but Malthusian principles appeared to him not as a barrier to progress, but as showing the conditions by which progress could be achieved.
Law in a Free State
Political economist whose population theory underlies the 'neo-Malthusians' cited as offering further remedies for over-population.
” And then come the neo-Malthusians with their nostrums.