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MALTHUS (THOMAS ROBERT)
Principles of Political Economy considered with a View to their Practical Application, FIRST EDITION, John Murray, 1820

25 March 2015, 11:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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MALTHUS (THOMAS ROBERT)

Principles of Political Economy considered with a View to their Practical Application, FIRST EDITION, no half-title, light spotting, contemporary half calf, rubbed [Goldsmiths 22767; Kress C577], 8vo, John Murray, 1820

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J.M. Keynes "argued that Malthus's theory of effective demand provided a scientific explanation of unemployment, and that the hundred-year domination of Ricardo over Malthus had been a disaster for the progress of economics. Keynes believed that if economics had followed Malthus ... the world would be a much wiser and richer place" (ODNB).

Provenance: R. Townley Parker (1858), bookplate; Reginald Arthur Tatton, bookplate.

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