Note 409 — Chapter I · : SISMONDI AND THE ORIGINS OF THE CRITICAL SCHOOL

“Population will then regulate itself simply in accordance with the revenue. Where it exceeds this proportion it is always just because the fathers are deceived as to what they believe to be their revenue, or rather because they are deceived by society.” (Ibid., p. 254.) “The more the poor is deprived of all right of property the greater is the danger of its mistaking its revenue and contributing to the growth of a population which, because it does not correspond to the demand for labour, will never find sufficient means of subsistence.” (Ibid., p. 264.)