The principles of population and production as they are affected by the progress of society with a view to moral and political consequences
John Weyland
493 pages, Hardcover
ISBN: 0678004854
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Language: English
Publish: January 1, 1969
Weyland challenges Malthus’s assumption of a ‘tendency’ of human populations to double every twenty-five years unless checked. Weyland’s claims provoked a a reply from Malthus in the appendix to the 1817 edition of the Essay .