Even though three of his works presented a theory of surplus, this economist had earlier written a 1798 work detailing inevitable scarcity due to food supply increasing arithmetically while population increased geometrically.
This economist flip flopped from supporting free trade to supporting custom duties as evident in two contrasting works: Observations on the Effects of the Corn Laws and The Policy of Restricting the Importation of Grain. This economist argued that an eponymous entity would be an example of surplus in a work entitled The Nature of Rent. Even though three of his works presented a theory of surplus, this economist had earlier written a 1798 work detailing inevitable scarcity due to food supply increasing arithmetically while population increased geometrically. For 10 points, name this British economist who wrote An Essay on the Principle of Population.
This economist flip flopped from supporting free trade to supporting custom duties as evident in two contrasting works: Observations on the Effects of the Corn Laws and The Policy of Restricting the Importation of Grain.
Thomas Robert {Malthus}