Thomas Robert Malthus

Thomas Robert Malthus (1766-1834) Was A Leading Figure In The British Classical School Of Economics, Best-known For Extending The Insights Of Adam Smith At A Time Of Revolutionary Improvements In Agriculture And Industry. This Book Explores The Way In Which He Accounted For The Tendency To Overpopulation, The Exhaustion Of Arable Land And The Deficiency Of Effective Demand.malthus Relied On Historical And Empirical Evidence In The Spirit Of Bacon And Hume, But Also Backed Up His Data With A Priori Hypotheses That Link Him To His Contemporary, David Ricardo. Malthus Was Strongly In Favour Of Trade, The Minimal State, The Gold Standard And The Abolition Of Poverty Relief.