Expected Lifetime Earnings: $2,600,000. For your New York literary agent, there's a wide range. The lowest agents on the totem pole might only earn a measly $25k a yearâif they sell only to smaller markets and are still trying to assemble a substantial writer list.he average agent, though, makes more in the ballpark of $50-$55k annually, and if you are lucky to hook up with a best-selling author or two, your salary can swell well beyond this figure, maybe even over $100k.
Malthusian Theory of Population. Thomas Robert Malthus was the first economist to propose a systematic theory of population. He articulated his views regarding population in his famous book, Essay on the Principle of Population (1798), for which he collected empirical data to support his thesis.
Hail, Prophet of Empiricism: Rethinking Sir Francis Bacon. [Excerpted from An Austrian Perspective on the History of Economic Thought, vol. 1, Economic Thought Before Adam Smith. The status and reputation of Sir Francis Bacon (1561â1626) is one of the great puzzles in the history of social thought. On the one hand, Bacon was universally hailed as the greatest man of his age.