1st Edition
The Economic Writings of William Thornton Vol 3
280 Pages
by
Routledge
280 Pages
by
Routledge
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Thornton's writings are central to the history of the "Laws of Supply and Demand" and seminal in understanding the rise of neoclassical economics. Thornton has been cast as a minor player in John Stuart Mill's recantation of the wages fund doctrine. This text should show how he played a major role.
Volume 3 A Plea for Peasant Proprietors Preface I Comparative Productiveness of Large and Small Farms II Social Effects of Peasant Proprietorship III Effects of Peasant Proprietorship in France IV Social Effects of Peasant Proprietorship - the Subject Resumed V Moral Effects of Peasant Proprietorship VI Ireland; Past, Present, and Future, as Viewed in 1848 VII Ireland; Forecast from 1873 Appendix
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