1st Edition

Irish Political Economy Vol 3

Edited By Tom Boylan, Tadhg Foley Copyright 2004

    First published in 2004. This is a collection of carefully selected works and material, attempts to extend the current state of scholarship in the area of Irish Political Economy. The range and variety of material presented should be of interest not only to students of economic thought but also to those working in such fields as Irish Studies, history, politics, sociology and intellectual history. Volume 3 includes the area of public finance, Money and Banking; and International Trade.

    VOLUME III PUBLIC FINANCE, MONEY AND BANKING, INTERNATIONAL TRADE Introduction to Volume III PART 1 Public finance 34 ‘Taxation’ 35 ‘On the policy of direct or indirect taxation’ 36 Extract from Three Lectures on the Principles of Taxation: lecture I 37 ‘On the general principles of taxation, as illustrating the advantages of a perfect income tax’ 38 Extracts from Public Finance PART 2 Money and banking 39 ‘The theory of money, and the probable effects of the discovery of gold in California on prices in Great Britain’ 40 An Examination into the Principles of Currency Involved in the Bank Charter Act of 1844 41 ‘Observations on the gold crisis, the price of silver and the demand for it. . . .’ 42 The Principles of Currency and Banking: lecture II 43 ‘On the origin, object, and operation of the Act of 1844’ 44 ‘Essay towards a solution of the gold question, the course of depreciation’ PART 3 International trade 45 Three Lectures on Commerce, and One on Absenteeism: lectures I–III 46 Protection to Home Industry: Some Cases of it’s Advantages considered, lectures I and II 47 ‘International values’48 ‘The theory of international values’

    Biography

    Tom Boylan, Tadhg Foley