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Thomas Robert Malthus

1766–1834

Thomas Robert Malthus (1766–1834) was an English economist and demographer best known for his theory that population growth tends to outpace food production, leading to inevitable checks like famine, disease, and war. His work, particularly 'An Essay on the Principle of Population,' profoundly influenced economic thought, social policy, and even Darwin's theory of evolution. A clergyman by training, Malthus combined empirical observation with a pessimistic view of human progress, arguing that societal improvement is constrained by natural limits.

Economics

An Essay on the Principle of Population (1798)
An Essay on the Principle of Population (1803, revised and expanded)
Principles of Political Economy (1820)
Definitions in Political Economy (1827)

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