Principles of Political Economy

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book treatise

Principles of Political Economy is an 1820 treatise by Thomas Malthus that critiques classical economic theory, especially Say’s Law, and emphasizes the possibility of general gluts and the importance of effective demand.

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instanceOf book ⓘ
treatise ⓘ
academicDiscipline economics ⓘ
political economy ⓘ
author Thomas Malthus ⓘ
Thomas Malthus ⓘ
surface form: Thomas Robert Malthus
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
criticizes classical economics ⓘ
surface form: Say's Law
critiquesSchool classical economics ⓘ
discusses capital accumulation ⓘ
population ⓘ
profits ⓘ
rents ⓘ
value ⓘ
wages ⓘ
emphasizesConcept importance of effective demand ⓘ
possibility of general gluts ⓘ
genre non-fiction ⓘ
hasEdition second edition ⓘ
hasPart Book I ⓘ
Book II ⓘ
Book III ⓘ
Book IV ⓘ
Book V ⓘ
historicalPeriod 19th-century economics ⓘ
influenced John Maynard Keynes ⓘ
Keynesian economics ⓘ
underconsumption theory ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainSubject classical economics ⓘ
surface form: Say's Law

economic theory ⓘ
effective demand ⓘ
general gluts ⓘ
macroeconomics ⓘ
political economy ⓘ
opposesView automatic full-employment equilibrium ⓘ
universal validity of Say's Law ⓘ
placeOfPublication London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
publicationYear 1820 ⓘ
publisher John Murray ⓘ
relatedWork An Essay on the Principle of Population ⓘ
secondEditionYear 1836 ⓘ
supportsView general overproduction is possible ⓘ
insufficient aggregate demand can cause recessions ⓘ

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subject surface form: Thomas Malthus
this entity surface form: Book IV of Principles of Political Economy