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An Essay on the Principle of Population

T. R. Malthus

The following Essay owes its origin to a conversation with a friend, on the subject of Mr Godwin's essay on avarice and profusion, in his Enquirer. The discussion started the general question of the f..

An Inquiry into the Nature and Progress of Rent, and the Principles by Which It is Regulated

T. R. Malthus

The following tract contains the substance of some notes on rent, which, with others on different subjects relating to political economy, I have collected in the course of my professional duties at th..

Observations on the Effects of the Corn Laws, and of a Rise or Fall in the Price of Corn

T. R. Malthus

A revision of the corn laws, it is understood, is immediately to come under the consideration of the legislature. That the decision on such a subject, should be founded on a correct and enlightened vi..

The Grounds of an Opinion on the Policy of Restricting the Importation of Foreign Corn Intended as an appendix to "Observations on the corn laws"

T. R. Malthus

The professed object of the Observations on the Corn Laws, which I published in the spring of 1814, was to state with the strictest impartiality the advantages and disadvantages which, in the actual c..