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Paperback: 208 pages
Publisher: Oxford Paperbacks; New edition edition (12 Aug 1999)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0192837478
ISBN-13: 978-0192837479
Product Dimensions: 19.3 x 12.7 x 1.3 cm
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Malthus's Essay looks at the perennial tendency of humans to outstrip their resources: reproduction always exceeds food production. Today Malthus remains a byword for concern about man's demographic and ecological prospects.

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He is also the author of many articles on Malthus, the Poor Law, and the Welfare State. He is currently researching a book on Malthus and poverty.

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