This is a fascinating insight into the work of one of our greatest thinkers.
Thomas Robert Malthus (17661834) is best remembered today for his theories on the menace of over-population; this first ever full-length biography shows him also in his role as one of the founders of classical political economy, still a controversial figure in the history of economic thought. Based on exhaustive research among contemporary sources, it gives an account of Malthuss two careers, as an economist and as a professor at the East India College.
Patricia James describes how, at the...