Thomas Robert Malthus Quote

If a country can only be rich by running a successful race for low wages, I should be disposed to say at once, perish such riches!


Book I, Chapter III, Of the Rent of Land, Section IX, p. 214. - Principles of Political Economy (Second Edition 1836)


If a country can only be rich by running a successful race for low wages, I should be disposed to say at once, perish such riches!

If a country can only be rich by running a successful race for low wages, I should be disposed to say at once, perish such riches!

If a country can only be rich by running a successful race for low wages, I should be disposed to say at once, perish such riches!

If a country can only be rich by running a successful race for low wages, I should be disposed to say at once, perish such riches!