classical liberal
Thomas Robert Malthus
1766–1834
Also known as: Malthus, T. R. Malthus, Rev. Malthus, माल्थस
How Thomas Robert Malthus is discussed in this archive
Referenced in 2 other works — including उदारवाद , and What Ails India .
In उदारवाद : Chakraverti's primer is positioned as a direct rebuttal of Malthusian population pessimism, with Chapter 2 inverting Malthus's argument by treating population growth as a source of prosperity through the division of labour rather than a cause of poverty.
In What Ails India : Mody invokes Malthus to argue that India's annual population addition devours every increment of wealth the country creates, using the Malthusian framework to underline the urgency of demographic policy.
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Primary works (2)
- उदारवाद · 2006
- "directly challenges the Malthusian consensus in Indian public discourse" — Chapter 2 framed as a structural refutation of Malthus's population thesis as it has settled into Indian public discourse
- "Chapter 2 inverts the standard Malthusian argument" — key-points restatement; the Malthusian frame is the explicit foil against which the book's pro-population case is built
- What Ails India · 1990
- "invoking Malthus to argue that India's annual addition of 17 million people (equivalent to the entire population of Australia) devours every increment of wealth the country creates" — Malthus invoked as the intellectual framework for Mody's demographic argument at IIT Madras