It is a mere futile process to exchange one set of commodities for another, if the parties; after this new distribution of goods has taken place, are not better off than they were before.


Book II, Chapter I, On the Progress of Wealth, Section VIII, p. 384. - Principles of Political Economy (Second Edition 1836)

Thomas Robert Malthus Quotes

It is a mere futile process to exchange one set of commodities for another, if the parties; after this new distribution of goods has taken place, are ...

It is a mere futile process to exchange one set of commodities for another, if the parties; after this new distribution of goods has taken place, are ...

It is a mere futile process to exchange one set of commodities for another, if the parties; after this new distribution of goods has taken place, are ...

It is a mere futile process to exchange one set of commodities for another, if the parties; after this new distribution of goods has taken place, are ...