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Published by Andesite Press, 2017
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Publication Date: 2023
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LeatherBound. Condition: New. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1964 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 517.
Publication Date: 2023
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LeatherBound. Condition: NEW. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1820 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 616.
Publication Date: 2023
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LeatherBound. Condition: New. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1821 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 492 Language: English.
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LeatherBound. Condition: New. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1836 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 518 Language: English.
Published by Legare Street Press, 2022
ISBN 10: 1015455816ISBN 13: 9781015455818
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Published by COFIDE stamperia Valdonega, Verona, Milano, 1990
in-8° (cm. 24,7x16,9), pp. (4b), (8), 388, (3), (4b). Mezza pelle e oro edit., 5 nervi, carta vergata su cartone ai piatti, tagli aup. dorato, gli altri nelle loro barbe; solido elegante cofanetto in cartone con bordo arcuato in pelle allle estremità dell'apertura.
Published by Stamperia Valdonega per COFIDE Compagnia Finanziaria De Benedetti, Verona, 1990
Seller: Libreria antiquaria Dedalo M. Bosio, Torino, Italy
Condition: Ottimo stato. Mezza pelle editoriale con cofanetto, cm 25x17, pp (16) 388 (6). Prefazione di Carlo De Benedetti. Strenna della Compagnia Finanziaria De Benedetti stampata dalla Stamperia Valdonega in 349 esempari su carta Magnani di Pescia. Esemplare #274.
Published by Cofide, s.l., 1990
Seller: BACCHETTA GIORGIO - ALFEA RARE BOOKS, Milano, Italy
Volume: 1 24x16 cm., [10], 388, [3] pp., legatura edit. in mezza pelle, titoli in oro al dorso, cofanetto, ottimo esemplare, in inglese, nota in fondo al testo in italiano Quest'opera, realizzata per Cofide nella Stamperia Valdonega, è stata stampata su carta speciale avoriata appositamente fabbricata a Pescia dalla Cartiera Magnani. L'edizione, non venale, si compone di duecentonovantanove esemplari numerati da 1 a 299 e cinquanta numerati da I a L (questo è senza numero).
Published by Düsseldorf, Verlag Wirtschaft und Finanzen GmbH., 1989
ISBN 10: 3878810393ISBN 13: 9783878810391
Book First Edition
8°. 21,5 cm. VI, 601 Seiten. Kommentarband 94 (1) Seiten. Halblederband mit aufgeklebtem Rückenschildchen und marmorierten Deckelbezügen. Kommentarband als Pappband. (= Klassiker der Nationalökonomie, Faksimile-Edition). Nummer 106 von 1000 nummerierten Exemplaren. Faksimileausgabe der Erstausgabe London, John Murray 1820. Englischsprachige Ausgabe. Inklusive Kommentarband. Sehr gutes Exemplar. Reprint of the first edition London, John Murray 1820. English language edition. Original half-leather binding. Number 106 of 1000 numbered copies. Including comment copy in German. Fine copy. Sprache: englisch.
Condition: Fine. The book is in fine condition.
Condition: Fine. The book is in fine condition.
Published by Wells and Lilly, Boston, 1821
Seller: West Side Book Shop, ABAA, Ann Arbor, MI, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. First American Edition. 8vo. viii, 472 pp. First American Edition, 1821. Very scarce title, issued a year after the first English edition of 1820. Rebound in brown half-leather with tan cloth, a red title plate and gilt lettering to spine. 2" closed tear to bottom edge prelim and a 1" closed tear to bottom edge half-title, and age-toned text block edges. No markings, tight binding, pages clean and white. 5.75" x 9". In removable protective mylar. "Malthus proposed public works and private luxury investment as possible solutions for economic distress through their ability to increase demand and prosperity." Size: Octavo. Book.
Published by Wells and Lilly, Boston, 1821
First Edition
Hardcover (Full Leather). Condition: Good Condition. First Edition. Original full calf, worn at edges and hinges , slight bowing to covers. Internally with dampstains to upper corner, heavy browning to half title and final pages, and pervasive but mostly mild staining throughout not affecting legibility. Nearly very good, overall. viii, 472pp. Though largely overlooked at the time of publication, it is in the principles that Keynes found "scientific explanation of unemployment" and that "the hundred-year domination of Ricardo over Malthus had been a disaster for the progress of economics" (ODNB). Malthus's theory that spending on both public works and private luxuries could alleviate recessions and downturns by creating demand and prosperity were well ahead of his time. This is the first US edition. Size: Octavo (8vo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Economics; Americana. Inventory No: 048324.
Published by Boston: Wells and Lilly, 1821
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First American edition. Bound in marbled boards, spine rebacked in modern leather. Burgundy Moroccan leather spine label. Clean, unmarked pages. Marginal browning to pages. Internally very good. The first English edition was printed by John Murray in 1820, this is the 1st American edition printed in 1821 in Boston.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). The last chapter of the book was devoted to rebutting Say's law, and argued that the economy could stagnate with a lack of "effectual demand". In other words, wages if less than the total costs of production cannot purchase the total output of industry, causing prices to fall; price falls decrease incentives to invest, creating a downward spiral. Refs for 1st English ed: Goldsmiths 22767; Kress C577. Early signature of E.W. Paige, Schenectady, NY and his book plate on front paste down. Eugene W. Paige (1852-1919) served in the New York legislature in the 19th century.
Published by Wells and Lilly, Boston, 1821
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
First Edition
First American edition of this landmark work in political economy. Octavo, bound in three quarters leather over marbled boards, black leather morocco spine label. In near fine condition. In his Principle of Political Economy, Malthus was proposing investment in public works and private luxury as a means of increasing effective demand, and hence as a palliative to economic distress. The nation, he thought, must balance the power to produce and the will to consume" (DSB).
Published by London, Murray, 1820., 1820
Seller: Bernard Quaritch Ltd ABA ILAB, London, United Kingdom
First Edition
First Edition. 8vo, pp. vi, 601, [1 blank]; a good, clean copy in modern quarter sheep and marbled boards, marbled edges, spine faded and chipped along joints.First edition. The Principles were developed through controversy with Ricardo, especially with regard to the theory of value, but the origins of the essay are in the Essay, which constituted Malthus's earliest writings on prices, income and savings. The difference that emerges between Malthus and Ricardo with regard to Say's Law, from which this book is an early departure, has not been fully understood because of Ricardo's unwillingness to follow through on concessions he was forced to make. Malthus argued that increased incomes did not lead to increased consumerism, but that consumers faced with unfamiliarly high salaries would save. Some of this misunderstanding of Malthus derives from Keynes's positive assessment of Malthus, which has led to the latter being viewed as an early Keynesian because of his theories on prices and wage rates (New Palgrave). Keynes declared: 'If only Malthus, instead of Ricardo, had been the parent stem from which nineteenth-century economics preceded, what a much wiser place the world would be today!'.Goldsmiths' 22767; Einaudi 3680; Sraffa 3693. Language: English.
Published by London: John Murray, 1820, 1820
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
First Edition
First edition, with the stamp on the title page of Carel Victor Gerritsen (1850-1905), the radical Dutch politican who founded the Nieuw-Malthusiaansche Bond (Neo-Malthusian League) in 1881; like Malthus Gerritsen deemed unchecked population growth the root of society's ills and proposed - unlike Malthus - the use of contraception to restrain it. Principles of Political Economy was conceived as a series of tracts rather than a comprehensive and systematic treatise. Malthus published it to establish his own position against that of Ricardo, with whom he had been having an ongoing debate about the nature of labour, demand and profit. Unlike Ricardo, Malthus supported the active encouragement of demand, and in so doing was seen by John Maynard Keynes as a forerunner of his own thought. "Malthus was proposing investment in public work and private luxury as a means of increasing effective demand, and hence as a palliative to economic distress. The nation, he thought, must balance the power to produce and the will to consume" (DSB). "The Principles had only a limited impact at the time, and was severely criticized by J. R. McCulloch and Ricardo; the latter prepared extensive critical notes. But more recently it has received greater recognition, largely as a result of the comments by J. M. Keynes in the 1930s. 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 instead of being constrained by Ricardo in an artificial groove, the world would be a much wiser and richer place" (ODNB). Goldsmiths' 22767; Kress C.577. Octavo (215 x 132 mm). Recent brown morocco, red morocco label, marbled endpapers. Neat ink ownership signature to front free endpaper. Sporadic light foxing, short closed tear (not affecting text) at head of L2. A very good copy.
Published by London: John Murray, 1820, 1820
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
First Edition
First edition of the author's major late work, a re-examination of his economic work in the early 1800s, and a point-by-point response to David Ricardo's Principles of Political Economy (1817). Notably, Keynes held that "if economics had followed Malthus instead of being constrained by Ricardo in an artificial groove, the world would be a much wiser and richer place" (ODNB). In the Principles, Malthus summarizes his earlier writing on rents, currency, food prices, and corn laws. The book was conceived as a series of tracts rather than a comprehensive and systematic treatise, though Malthus published it to establish his own position against that of Ricardo, with whom he disagreed about the nature of labour, demand, and profit. "In his Principles of Political Economy, Malthus was proposing investment in public work and private luxury as a means of increasing effective demand, and hence as a palliative to economic distress. The nation, he thought, must balance the power to produce and the will to consume" (DSB). In the 20th century, the Principles received recognition, "largely as a result of the comments by J. M. Keynes in the 1930s. 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" (ODNB). This copy includes an extremely early reback, presumably by the original bookseller. The reback preserves the original blue boards, while a section has been cut from the cloth backstrip to expose the original printed label. Goldsmiths' 22767; Kress C.577; Mattioli 2221. Octavo. Uncut in original blue boards, early reback in brown cloth, preserving original printed paper label. Circular "Y.S." ink stamp to title. Light bumping and wear, moderate foxing to endpapers and contents, front hinge cracked and lacking front free endpaper, holding firm, slight separations between and within several gatherings, small hole to head of K4: a very good copy.
Published by London: John Murray, 1820, 1820
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
First Edition
First edition, a scarce uncut copy. The Principles was Malthus's broadest treatment of issues in political economy, conceived as a series of tracts on economic questions, rather than a comprehensive and systematic treatise as with his Principle of Population. Malthus published it to establish his own position against that of Ricardo, with whom he had been having an ongoing debate about the nature of labour, demand, and profit. "In his 'Principles of Political Economy', Malthus was proposing investment in public work and private luxury as a means of increasing effective demand, and hence as a palliative to economic distress. The nation, he thought, must balance the power to produce and the will to consume" (DSB). "The Principles had only a limited impact at the time, and was severely criticized by J. R. McCulloch and Ricardo; the latter prepared extensive critical notes. But more recently it has received greater recognition, largely as a result of the comments by J. M. Keynes in the 1930s. 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 instead of being constrained by Ricardo in an artificial groove, the world would be a much wiser and richer place. When Karl Marx referred to Malthus as 'the contemptible Malthus' and as 'a shameless sycophant of the ruling classes', he obviously overlooked the passages in the Principles dealing with the importance of distribution and effective demand as causes of economic growth" (ODNB). Einaudi 3680; Goldsmiths' 22767; Kress C.577. Octavo. Uncut in original paper boards, rebacked at an early date with brown cloth, preserving the original printed paper label. Front pastedown with contemporary ownership signature, and 20th century bookplate of art historian Gilbert R. Redgrave. Worn around extremities, hinges reinforced, contents clean; a very good copy.
Publication Date: 1820
Seller: Maggs Bros. Ltd ABA, ILAB, PBFA, BA, London, United Kingdom
First Edition
First edition. 8vo. 601, [1, blank] pp. Early twentieth century half calf with brown cloth covered boards, spine with five single raised bands outlined in blind, second and third panels lettered in gilt, top edge in gilt, fore and bottom edges untrimmed, with the original printed label tipped-in to the inside rear pastedown (armorial bookplate of Iain Ramsay of Kildalton to front pastedown, some light spotting to title page and terminal leaves, otherwise generally internally clean; modest wear to extremities, still a very good, wide margined copy). London, John Murray. A series of tracts on political economy written by Malthus to establish his own position against that of his friend and intellectual rival David Ricardo, with whom Malthus had been engaged in an ongoing debate about the nature of labour, demand and profit. In particular, in his Principles of Political Economy, 'Malthus was proposing investment in public work and private luxury as a means of increasing effective demand, and hence as a palliative to economic distress. The nation, he thought, must balance the power to produce and the will to consume' (DSB). 'The Principles had only a limited impact at the time, and was severely criticised by J. R. McCulloch and Ricardo; the latter prepared extensive critical notes. But more recently it has received greater recognition, largely as a result of the comments by J. M. Keynes in the 1930s. 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 instead of being constrained by Ricardo in an artificial groove, the world would be a much wiser and richer place' (ODNB). Goldsmiths' 22767; Kress C.577.
Published by London: John Murray,, 1820
First Edition
vi, 601, [1] p. First edition. It has a good quality mid-twentieth century binding with a polished morocco spine, marbled boards and vellum corners. The spine with gold lines and a contrasting label. Minor rubs to the spine ends, otherwise in very good condition. There is an undated pencil note on the title page '£45 Repair'. The text with a few signs of use and some pale paper toning. IMPORTANT COOPERATIVE MOVEMENT PROVENANCE: The title page is inscribed at the head 'Society for promoting Working Men's Assocns / 34 Castle Place --? Oxford Street, with a shelfmark R31'. The Society was founded in 1849 by the Christian Socialists in an attempt to found self governing workshops. Lower down the title page is the oval stamp of Ormond Street Working Mens College which still exists in Camden. Founded in 1854 by Frederick Denison Maurice, Wiki describes it as 'The Working Men's College, is among the earliest adult education institutions established in the United Kingdom, and Europe's oldest extant centre for adult education. Founded by Christian socialists, at its inception it was at the forefront of liberal education philosophy.' At different times its teachers included Thomas Hughes whose latin lectures were apparently not so popular as his boxing club, F.J. Furnival, and E.M. Forster.
Published by London John Murray, 1820
Book First Edition
First edition; 8vo; small ownership stamp to lower outside corner of title-page, small, early 20th century bookseller's label to lower outside corner of verso of upper free endpaper, a little age-toning and small ink smudge to title, otherwise near-fine, nineteenth century half calf over marbled boards, rubbed at extremities, spine faded, a very good copy; vi, 601 pp. The book was conceived as a series of tracts rather than a comprehensive and systematic treatise, though Malthus published it to establish his own position against that of Ricardo, with whom he had been having an ongoing debate about the nature of labour, demand and profit. 'In his 'Principles of Political Economy', Malthus was proposing investment in public work and private luxury as a means of increasing effective demand and hence as a palliative to economic distress. The nation, he thought, must balance the power to produce and the will to consume' (DSB). 'The Principles had only a limited impact at the time, and was severely criticized by J. R. McCulloch and Ricardo; the latter prepared extensive critical notes. More recently it has received greater recognition, largely as a result of the comments by J. M. Keynes in the 1930s. 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 instead of being constrained by Ricardo in an artificial groove, the world would be a much wiser and richer place.' (ODNB). Goldsmiths' 22767; Kress C.577.
Published by John Murray, London, 1820
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
First Edition
First edition of this classic work regarding nature of labor, demand and profit. Octavo, original boards, retaining the original paper spine label. In very good condition. Ownership inscription from the African Society and stamp to the title page. Rare in the original boards. "There can be no doubt that [Malthusâ] importance for economists today rests mainly on his Principles of Political Economy. It was because of this latter work that J. M. Keynes (1933) reinstated Malthus as a major figure in modern economic thought" (New Palgrave). "In his 'Principles of Political Economy', Malthus was proposing investment in public work and private luxury as a means of increasing effective demand, and hence as a palliative to economic distress. The nation, he thought, must balance the power to produce and the will to consume" (DSB). "The Principles had only a limited impact at the time, and was severely criticized by J. R. McCulloch and Ricardo; the latter prepared extensive critical notes. But more recently it has received greater recognition, largely as a result of the comments by J. M. Keynes in the 1930s. 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 instead of being constrained by Ricardo in an artificial groove, the world would be a much wiser and richer place" (ODNB).
Published by John Murray, London, 1820
Seller: Heritage Book Shop, ABAA, Beverly Hills, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
"If Only Malthus, Instead of Ricardo, Had Been the Parent Stem From Which Nineteenth-Century Economics Proceeded, What a Much Wiser and Richer Place the World Would be Today" MALTHUS, T[homas] R[obert]. Principles of Political Economy. Considered with a View to Their Practical Application. London: John Murray, 1820. First edition. Octavo. vi, [1]2-601[602]. Original boards, uncut. With original paper label on spine. Hinges expertly and almost invisibly repaired. Old bookplate from "The Library of Victoria" with no other library markings. A very clean copy, internally fine. Very scarce in original boards. Housed in a custom quarter black morocco clamshell, gilt-stamped. First edition of Malthus' principal contribution to economic theory. Schumpeter describes Malthus' work in relation to that of his predecessors, Adam Smith and Ricardo, as follows: "Ricardo's work.started with the Wealth of Nations and recoined the latter's theoretical contents by a method that centered in the concept of value. Exactly the same thing is evidently true of the work of Malthus.except for his theory of saving and investment, which on the face of it seems to be Malthus's own, all the elements that enter into the analytic apparatus of that work, and even its terminological arrangements, point to the First book of the Wealth of Nations. Only, whereas Ricardo recoined the doctrine of Wealth by means of the labor-quantity theory of value, Malthus recoined it by the means of the theory of value that A. Smith actually used, namely, the theory of supply and demand.[whereas] Ricardo's analytic apparatus is geared to the problem of distribution.Malthus. geared his apparatus to the analysis of the whole economic process.Therefore, Malthus should.stand in the history of analysis not only as the author of a valid alternative to Ricardo's theory but as the sponsor (or rather as one of the sponsors) of the victorious one." "Although Malthus is best known for the views on population contained in his Essay on Population.there can be no doubt that his importance for economists today rests mainly on his Principles of Political Economy (1820). It was because of the latter work that J. M. Keynes reinstated Malthus as a major figure in modern economic thought". (New Palgrave). Cress C577. HBS 66825. $7,500.
Published by John Murray, London, 1820
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
First Edition
Rare first edition of Malthus' classic work. Octavo, bound in full diced morocco, raised bands, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, front and rear panels, marbled endpapers. In near fine condition. An exceptional presentation. Thomas Malthus was an English economist, known for his work in the fields of political economics and demography. His theory that prosperity and production lead not to utopia, but to population growth and thereby back to social imbalance, known as the "Malthusian trap", was expounded in his Essay on the Principle of Population (1789), one of his most notable and debated works. His Principles of Political Economy was written as a polemic against David Ricardo's On the Principles of Political Economy and Taxation and Say's Law, arguing that demand did not grow simultaneously with supply, but that they should be analyzed independent of each other, expounding ideas which became influential on Keynsian economics. Both these works were divisive, incurring backlash and support amongst notable economists. The bleak message of his Principle of Population rendered Malthus a notorious figure: Ebenezer Scrooge from A Christmas Carol, for example, justifies his refusal to give charity as a Malthusian attempt to control the population.
Published by London: John Murray, 1820, 1820
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
First Edition
First edition. The book was conceived as a series of tracts rather than a comprehensive and systematic treatise, though Malthus published it to establish his own position against that of Ricardo, with whom he had been having an ongoing debate about the nature of labour, demand, and profit. "In his 'Principles of Political Economy', Malthus was proposing investment in public work and private luxury as a means of increasing effective demand, and hence as a palliative to economic distress. The nation, he thought, must balance the power to produce and the will to consume" (DSB). "The Principles had only a limited impact at the time, and was severely criticized by J. R. McCulloch and Ricardo; the latter prepared extensive critical notes. But more recently it has received greater recognition, largely as a result of the comments by J. M. Keynes in the 1930s. 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 instead of being constrained by Ricardo in an artificial groove, the world would be a much wiser and richer place" (ODNB). Goldsmiths' 22767; Kress C.577. Octavo. Uncut and unopened in the original drab paper-backed blue boards, printed paper spine label. Housed in a dark blue quarter morocco solander box by the Chelsea Bindery. Engraved book plate "Bibliothèque de Mr de Barante" to front pastedown, paper library shelf label to foot of spine. Head of spine chipped, front joint cracked, rear joint cracked at head, spine label a little chipped, all still very strong; a very good copy.