Immiseration, was Krugman on Marx

[Phil Gasper]

>In a message dated 8/15/98 12:31:28 AM, you wrote:
>
><<Marx decided that
>he had enough on his table in explaining the labor theory of value without
>taking Malthus head-on>>
>
>Thanks for the thoughtful post.  It's helpful and I'll see if I can order
>Michael's book.
>Isn't it interestng how Malthus struck a vain for both Marx and Darwin.
>Regards.
>Ed EVans

The collection you are looking for is *Marx and Engels on Malthus* ed.
Ronald Meek (Lawrence and Wishart, 1953). Meek contributes a useful
introduction and notes. The book was republished by Ramparts Press under
the title *Marx and Engels on the Population Bomb* in 1971, with a foreword
by Steve Weissman. You can find it in used bookstores. If you have
difficulty let me know--I happen to have a spare copy.

The final section is called "Marx and Engels on Malthus and Darwinism". For
the complex relation between Malthus and Darwin see S.J. Gould's essay
"Darwin's Middle Road" in *The Panda's Thumb* (Norton, 1980) and the
references cited therein.

There is also a good collection called *Marx and Engels on Ecology* ed.
Howard Parsons (Greenwood, 1977).

Phil Gasper
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