Thomas Malthus, An Essay on the Principle of Population 6th Edition, John Murray (London), 1826

Rating: 4/5 Link Link2

• First published in 1798.
• Population, when unchecked, increases in a geometrical ratio. Subsistence increases only in an arithmetical ratio.
• Views on populations past and present effects on human happiness. An enquiry into our prospects respecting the future removal or mitigation of the evils which population occasions.