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Title: | Malthus on Indolence | Contributor(s): | Pullen, John Michael (author) | Publication Date: | 2003 | Handle Link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/6153 | Abstract: | It is common knowledge that Thomas Robert Malthus (1766-1834) regarded excessive population growth as a major impediment to human welfare and happiness, and that his recommended remedy for over-population was 'prudential restraint', or the deferment of marriage until there are reasonable prospects of being able to support the children of the marriage. He recognized that prudential restraint would be a difficult virtue to attain, and that 'moral restraint', i.e. prudential restraint combined with sexual abstinence before marriage, would be even more difficult, and that therefore the universal practice of prudential or moral restraint is unlikely to be a realistic possibility. | Publication Type: | Book Chapter | Source of Publication: | Evolutionary Economics and Human Nature, p. 74-95 | Publisher: | Edward Elgar Publishing Limited | Place of Publication: | Cheltenham, United Kingdom | ISBN: | 1840649232 | Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: | 140101 History of Economic Thought | Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: | 919999 Economic Framework not elsewhere classified | HERDC Category Description: | B1 Chapter in a Scholarly Book | Publisher/associated links: | http://www.e-elgar.co.uk/Bookentry_Main.lasso?id=2641 http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/17516588 http://books.google.com.au/books?id=3GFsPW2qEyAC&lpg=PP1&pg=PA74 |
Editor: | Editor(s): John Laurent |
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