An Inquiry into the Nature and Progress of Rent
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"An Inquiry into the Nature and Progress of Rent" is an 1815 economic treatise by Thomas Malthus that analyzes the origins, determinants, and distributional implications of land rent within classical political economy.
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Target entity: An Inquiry into the Nature and Progress of Rent Context triple: [Thomas Malthus, notableWork, An Inquiry into the Nature and Progress of Rent]
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Target entity: An Inquiry into the Nature and Progress of Rent Target entity description: "An Inquiry into the Nature and Progress of Rent" is an 1815 economic treatise by Thomas Malthus that analyzes the origins, determinants, and distributional implications of land rent within classical political economy.
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A.
An Essay on the Principle of Population
An Essay on the Principle of Population is an influential 1798 work of political economy and demography arguing that population growth tends to outpace food production, leading to inevitable checks such as famine, disease, and war.
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B.
The Condition of the Working Class in England
The Condition of the Working Class in England is an 1845 socio-economic study by Friedrich Engels that exposes the harsh living and labor conditions of the industrial proletariat in 19th-century England.
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C.
The Wealth of Nations
The Wealth of Nations is Adam Smith’s foundational 1776 treatise on economics that laid the groundwork for classical free-market theory and modern economic thought.
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D.
Brannan Plan for agricultural reform
The Brannan Plan for agricultural reform was a late-1940s U.S. proposal to modernize farm policy by replacing traditional price supports with direct income payments to farmers, aiming to stabilize rural incomes while keeping consumer food prices low.
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E.
The Spirit of the Laws
The Spirit of the Laws is a foundational 1748 political treatise by Montesquieu that systematically analyzes forms of government and famously articulates the doctrine of separation of powers.
- F. None of above. chosen
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
book
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economic treatise ⓘ non-fiction book ⓘ work of political economy ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline |
economic history
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economics ⓘ |
| addresses |
distribution between landlords, capitalists, and laborers
ⓘ
relationship between rent and agricultural productivity ⓘ relationship between rent and population growth ⓘ relationship between rent and profits ⓘ |
| author |
Thomas Malthus
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Thomas Malthus ⓘ
surface form:
Thomas Robert Malthus
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| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dateWritten | 1815 ⓘ |
| fieldOfStudy | political economy ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
determinants of rent
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distributional implications of rent ⓘ origins of rent ⓘ |
| genre |
classical economics
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economics ⓘ |
| hasAuthorialOccupation | political economist ⓘ |
| hasKeyConcept |
differential rent
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scarcity rent ⓘ |
| hasPerspective |
agricultural development
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landlord–tenant relations ⓘ |
| historicalContext | Corn Laws debate ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Industrial Revolution ⓘ |
| influenced |
later theories of rent
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nineteenth-century economic thought ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
David Ricardo
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classical economists ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainTopic |
distribution of income
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economic rent ⓘ land rent ⓘ |
| partOf | classical rent theory literature ⓘ |
| publicationType | pamphlet ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1815 ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
An Essay on the Principle of Population
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surface form:
Essay on the Principle of Population
Principles of Political Economy ⓘ
surface form:
Principles of Political Economy and Taxation
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| theoreticalFramework | classical political economy ⓘ |
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