Another of his books discusses the portion of income paid to a factor of production above the (*) opportunity cost and is titled The Nature of Rent.
Chapter IX of his most widely-read work refutes Condorcet's belief of the organic perfectibility of mankind; that book devotes a number of chapters to refuting Godwin's conjectures on equality. In that work, this thinker distinguished between positive and preventive checks, the latter of which includes restraints on sexual passion. Another of his books discusses the portion of income paid to a factor of production above the (*) opportunity cost and is titled The Nature of Rent. The opening to another of his books argues that resource size grows arithmetically, though the size of the human race grows geometrically; thus massive famine will eventually ensue. For 10 points, name this classical economist who authored An Essay on the Principle of Population.
Chapter IX of his most widely-read work refutes Condorcet's belief of the organic perfectibility of mankind; that book devotes a number of chapters to refuting Godwin's conjectures on equality.
Thomas Malthus