The excerpt from 'A Christmas Carol' aligns with Thomas Malthus' views on poverty during the Industrial Revolution.
The excerpt from Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol reflects the ideas of Thomas Malthus during the Industrial Revolution. Malthus, a British economist, believed that poverty was inevitable due to the population growing faster than the food supply could support. His work on the effects of the population explosion sheds light on the hardships faced by the working class during this period.
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