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Thomas Malthus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"The Rev. Thomas Robert Malthus, FRS (February, 1766 – December 23, 1834), who is usually known as Thomas Malthus, although he preferred to be known as "Robert Malthus", was an English demographer and political economist best known for his pessimistic but highly influential views. Although it is popularly assumed that it was these pessimistic views that gave economics the nickname "the Dismal Science", the phrase was actually coined by the historian Thomas Carlyle in reference to laissez faire economic theories in general. ..." |
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| Feb 1766, in Dorking, Surrey, England |
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| 23 Dec 1834, in Haileybury, Hertford, England |
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