Thomas Robert Malthus (1766-1834) was a leading figure in the British classical school of economics, best-known for … 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 free …

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 'Enlightened Saint Malthus' or the 'gloomy Protestant of dismal England …

The debate over theory before Malthus and Ricardo : Burke, Mackintosh, and Stewart -- The vocabulary of theory and …"Before Method and Models offers a revisionist account of political economy in the time of Thomas Robert Malthus and … context for making sense of the writings of Malthus and Ricardo, this book recovers the circumstances that shaped their works …