In Progress and Poverty , economist Henry George scrutinizes the connection between population growth and distribution of wealth in the economy of the late nineteenth century.
Consequently the population rises, keeping living standards low, poverty widespread, and starvati.
The initial portions of the book are occupied with refuting the demographic theories of Thomas Malthus, who asserted that the vast abundance of goods generated by an economy\'s growth was spent on food.
In Progress and Poverty , economist Henry George scrutinizes the connection between population growth and distribution of wealth in the economy of the late nineteenth century