Thirty or forty proprietors, with incomes answering to between one thousand and five thousand a year, would create a much more effectual demand for the necessaries, conveniences, and luxuries of life, than a single proprietor possessing a hundred thousand a year.


Book II, Chapter I, On the Progress of Wealth, Section VII, p. 374. - Principles of Political Economy (Second Edition 1836)

Thomas Robert Malthus Quotes

Thirty or forty proprietors, with incomes answering to between one thousand and five thousand a year, would create a much more effectual demand for...

Thirty or forty proprietors, with incomes answering to between one thousand and five thousand a year, would create a much more effectual demand for...

Thirty or forty proprietors, with incomes answering to between one thousand and five thousand a year, would create a much more effectual demand for...

Thirty or forty proprietors, with incomes answering to between one thousand and five thousand a year, would create a much more effectual demand for...