ABSTRACT
In Pitt and Burke, Adam Smith at once obtained followers of his economic policy. In economic theory, Bentham early showed himself at once disciple and critic (Letters on Usury, 1787); but it was not Bentham’s political philosophy but William Godwin’s that led to the next step. Godwin’s two books, Political Justice (January, 1793), and the Enquirer (1797) gave occasion to the Essay of Malthus on Population (1798).
