jan 1, 1798 - Thomas Malthus: An Essay
on the Principle of Population
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Malthus' major contribution to economics was his theory of population, published in An Essay on the Principle of Population in 1798. The book was published anonymously and became an important and integral part of classical liberal economic and social doctrines and was influential in the thinking behind the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act
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