1. Introduction -- 2. The Individual -- 3. The State -- 4. Population -- 5. The Enquirer -- 6. The Continuing Debate -- 7. Malthus’ Essay -- 8. Godwin’s Thoughts -- 9. Of Population -- 10. The Westminster Review. 11. Conclusion.

"This radical new reading of the eighteenth-century British theorist Thomas Robert Malthus's Essay on the Principle of Population exposes his narrow understanding of food production by examining subsistence activities such as hunting, herding, and gardening. In broadening our conception of human...

"Does the environment pose limits to human population size and wellbeing? Or does human intelligence and resourcefulness ensure that environmental limits will be expanded and respected? Is a growing population a (or even the) key driver of resource depletion and environmental degradation? How...

Introduction: The Multiplication of Wretchedness -- The Yoke of Improvement -- The Enchantment of Property -- A Rooted Hatred between the Rich and the Poor -- Political Economy and the Rural Poor -- Nassau Senior and the New Poor Laws -- The Most Elementary Truths -- Bad Farming: The Ghost of a...

"The views of Thomas Robert Malthus (1766-1834) on population, first published in his Essay on the Principle of Population, 1798, continue to be hotly debated, either acclaimed or opposed, as do his views on microeconomics. There is also a widely held view that his macroeconomics lacks coherence...

The debate over theory before Malthus and Ricardo : Burke, Mackintosh, and Stewart -- The vocabulary of theory and practice in the Bullion controversy, 1797- -- The corn laws and free trade casuistry, 1813- -- Doctrinal contest I : value -- Doctrinal contest II : rent -- Doctrinal contest III :...

Contents: Introduction: Malthus across nations / Gilbert Faccarello, Masashi Izumo and Hiromi Morishita -- 1 Malthus's principle of population in Britain: restatement and antiquation / Ryan Walter -- 2 The reception of Malthus's Essay on Population in the United States / David Andrews -- 3...