Thomas Malthus
Known for his theory that population growth tends to outstrip food supply, leading to poverty and misery.
Quotes by Thomas Malthus
The desire of bettering our condition, and the fear of worse, are the two great springs of human action.
The poor laws of England tend to depress the general condition of the poor.
The market price of labour is determined by the demand and supply of labour.
The value of a commodity is determined by the quantity of labour required to produce it.
The accumulation of capital is a necessary condition of the progress of society.
The interest of the landlord is always opposed to the interest of every other class in the community.
Rent is that portion of the produce of the earth which is paid to the landlord for the use of the original and indestructible powers of the soil.
The corn laws are injurious to the general interests of the country.
The true cause of the high price of corn is the scarcity of land.
The progress of society depends upon the accumulation of capital and the increase of population.
The demand for labour depends upon the quantity of capital employed in the production of commodities.
The rate of profit depends upon the proportion which the capital employed bears to the produce obtained.
The tendency of profits to fall is a necessary consequence of the progress of society.
The accumulation of capital is limited by the extent of the market.
The progress of society is not always attended with an increase of happiness.
The true measure of the wealth of a nation is the quantity of its annual produce.
The most important cause of the wealth of nations is the division of labour.
The natural price of labour is that price which is necessary to enable the labourers, one with another, to subsist and to perpetuate their race, without either increase or diminution.
The market price of labour may deviate considerably from its natural price.
The increase of population is a powerful stimulus to industry.