Wrigley, E. A. - In: Population and Development Review 25 (1999) 1, pp. 121-128
In 1799 Malthus spent six months in Scandinavia. There he witnessed the extreme deprivation, misery, and mortality that … the very poor was far less than in Sweden, though the increase in the price of the chief bread grain was greater. Malthus … concept of "entitlements." In spite of his principled opposition to the poor laws, Malthus conceded that their effectiveness …
