Author:Thomas Robert Malthus

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Thomas Malthus
(1766–1834)

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English political economist and demographer who expressed views on population growth and noted the potential for populations to increase rapidly

Works

An Essay on the Principle of Population (1798)
- Sixth edition (1826) (transcription volumes: 1, 2); online text: [1]
An Investigation of the Cause of the Present High Price of Provisions (1800)
A letter to Samuel Whitbread, Esq. M.P. on his proposed Bill for the Amendment of the Poor Laws (1807)
1808. Spence on Commerce. Edinburgh Review 11, January, 429–448.
1808. Newneham and others on the state of Ireland. Edinburgh Review 12, July, 336–355.
1809. Newneham on the state of Ireland, Edinburgh Review 14 April, 151–170.
1811. Depreciation of paper currency. Edinburgh Review 17, February, 340–372.
1812. Pamphlets on the bullion question. Edinburgh Review 18, August, 448–470.
1813. A letter to the Rt. Hon. Lord Grenville. Johnson, London. IA
Observations on the Effects of the Corn Laws (1814)
The Grounds of an Opinion on the Policy of Restricting the Importation of Foreign Corn (1815)
An Inquiry Into the Nature and Progress of Rent (1815)
1817. Statement respecting the East-India College. Murray, London. IA
Principles of Political Economy (1820)
- First US edition (1821) (start transcription)
- Second edition, with additions (1836) (transcription project)
1821. Godwin on Malthus. Edinburgh Review 35, July, 362–377.
1823. The measure of value stated and illustrated
1823. Tooke – On high and low prices. Quarterly Review, 29 (57), April, 214–239.
1824. Political economy. Quarterly Review 30 (60), January, 297–334.
1829. On the measure of the conditions necessary to the supply of commodities. Transactions of the Royal Society of Literature of the United Kingdom. 1, 171–180. Google Books
1829. On the meaning which is most usually and most correctly attached to the term Value of a Commodity. Transactions of the Royal Society of Literature of the United Kingdom. 2, 74–81. Google Books

Works about Malthus

"Malthus, Thomas Robert," in A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature, by John William Cousin, London: J. M. Dent & Sons (1910)
"Mr. Malthus," in The Spirit of the Age (pp. 253−276), London: Henry Colburn (1825)
"Malthus, Thomas Robert," in Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, London: Smith, Elder, & Co. (1885–1900) in 63 vols.
"Malthus, Thomas Robert," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)

Some or all works by this author were published before January 1, 1930, and are in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Translations or editions published later may be copyrighted. Posthumous works may be copyrighted based on how long they have been published in certain countries and areas.

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