Thomas Robert Malthus
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Malthus
in the texts
Lectures on the Relation between Law and Public Opinion in England
Political economist, author of population theory.
it had been confuted by Malthus, and the theories of Malthus were accepted with fervour by the utilitarians.
Francis Place disbelieved in trade unionism, but believed heart and soul in Malthusianism, and in the saving virtues of the New Poor Law, if only it were administered with sufficient severity.
And Gradgrind is the honest though narrowminded disciple of Malthus and M‘Culloch.