An Essay on the Principle of Population

T. R. Malthus

• Essays
• Book language: English
• 129 pages

An Essay on the Principle of Population is T. R. Malthus's 1798 essay on population growth and food supply. It argues that population tends to outpace subsistence unless checked, and examines the consequences for social improvement, responding to writers such as Godwin and Condorcet. Listen for its clear argument on a question that still shapes economics and demography.

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