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Malthus
[ mal-thuhs ]
noun
- Thomas Robert, 1766–1834, English economist and clergyman.
Malthus
/ ˈmælθəs /
noun
- MalthusThomas Robert17661834MEnglishSOCIAL SCIENCE: economist Thomas Robert. 1766–1834, English economist. He propounded his population theory in An Essay on the Principle of Population (1798)
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Indeed, the Tories of that day, many of them big landowners, found an intellectual champion in one Thomas Malthus.
The attempts, for instance, to disprove the population doctrines of Malthus, have been mostly cases of ignoratio elenchi.
He regards Malthus as an apologist for an unjust inequality.
Malthus was not a thoroughgoing supporter of the 'do-nothing' doctrine.
Malthus shows the necessity of observing other collateral results.
He defends Malthus against the 'execrations' of sentimentalism.
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