▁is ▁an ▁appropriate ▁solution ▁to ▁re cess ions . ▁Mill ▁takes ▁the ▁approach ▁that ▁the ▁government ▁is ▁too ▁cor rupt ▁and ▁that ▁a ▁moral ▁individual ▁would ▁not ▁accept ▁its ▁help . ▁Furthermore , ▁he ▁emphas izes ▁that ▁Say ' s ▁Law ▁is ▁accurate ▁and ▁just ified ▁in ▁economic ▁studies . ▁William ▁Bla ke , ▁another ▁econom ist ▁of ▁the ▁time , ▁takes ▁the ▁opposite ▁opinion ▁of ▁Mill . ▁Bla ke ▁app la ud s ▁Mal th us ' ▁idea ▁of ▁government ▁exp end iture ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁stim ulate ▁the ▁economy . ▁Without ▁Mal th us ' ▁suggested ▁government ▁inter vention , ▁Bla ke ▁bel ieves ▁the ▁economy ▁would ▁remain ▁stuck ▁in ▁a ▁de pression . ▁ ▁Imp act ▁ ▁Mal th us ' ▁work ▁did ▁not ▁spark ▁many ▁economic ▁deb ates ▁at ▁the ▁time ▁of ▁its ▁publication . ▁In ▁fact , ▁many ▁denied ▁Mal th us ' ▁ideas ▁on ▁re cess ions . ▁Say ' s ▁Law ▁remained ▁the ▁more ▁commonly ▁accepted ▁theory ▁at ▁the ▁time ▁due ▁to ▁its ▁popular ity . ▁Mal th us ' ▁book ▁does ▁not ▁attract ▁much ▁attention ▁until ▁the ▁Great ▁De pression ▁occurs ▁and ▁it ▁becomes ▁evident ▁that ▁de press ions ▁are ▁real . ▁After ▁this , ▁econom ists ▁such ▁as ▁John ▁May n ard ▁Ke yn es ▁begin ▁to ▁look ▁more ▁deeply ▁into ▁Mal th us ' ▁ideas ▁and ▁util ize ▁them ▁in ▁their ▁own ▁work . ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁See ▁also ▁Princi ples ▁of ▁Political ▁Econom y , ▁by ▁John ▁Stuart ▁Mill ▁ ▁Category :