Thomas Malthus
Thomas Malthus
The Reverend Thomas Robert Malthus FRS was an English cleric and scholar, influential in the fields of political economy and demography. Malthus himself used only his middle name Robert...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionEconomist
Date of Birth14 February 1766
higher histories mankind possess
The histories of mankind that we possess are histories only of the higher classes.
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The superior power of population cannot be checked without producing misery or vice.