The Measure of Value Stated and Illustrated With an Application of it to the Alterations in the Value of the English Currency since 1790

"The Measure of Value Stated and Illustrated" by T. R. Malthus, is an economics-focused scientific exploration into understanding value and its fluctuations. The book investigates how to accurately measure the worth of items, especially money, within economic systems as it existed during the early 1800's. It is an attempt to define a consistent way to assess worth that holds true across different conditions, focusing on both the usefulness of an item and what it can be traded for. The writing puts forward ideas on how labor and earnings contribute to setting the standard costs of items while studying how changes in these factors, along with supply and demand, influence the price of things that are bought and sold, so that we see how to gauge the real worth of goods in the market.