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 4 includes the area of policy and special topics.
VOLUME IV POLICY AND SPECIAL TOPICS Introduction to Volume IV 1 PART 1 Laissez-faire 49 ‘On the expediency of protecting Irish manufactures’ 50 ‘Protection to home industry’ 51 ‘On the use of doctrine of laissez-faire’ in investigating the economic resources of Ireland 52 ‘On the economic views of Bishop Berkeley and Mr. Butt, with respect to the theory that a nation may gain by the compulsory use of native manufactures’ 53 ‘The self-dependence of the working classes under the law of competition’ 54 ‘Ireland in transition: land tenure’ 55 ‘Political economy and laissez-faire’ 56 ‘The limits of state interference with distribution of wealth, in applying taxation to the assistance of the public’ PART 2Population 57 ‘The over-population fallacy considered’ 58 ‘Malthus’ PART 3 Emigration and colonization 59 ‘Emigration’ 60 Letter ‘To the Right Hon. Lord Eliot, on colonisation’ 61 ‘Political economy and emigration’
Biography
Tom Boylan, Tadhg Foley
