1st Edition
The Romance of Trade A Survey Commercial and Economic
By Pierre R. Crosson
Copyright 1929
258 Pages
by
Routledge
258 Pages
by
Routledge
258 Pages
by
Routledge
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This revised edition of the original 1923 text first appeared in 1929, a decade after the end of WWI. The war left Great Britain burdened with debt and faced with the dire issues of unemployment and unstable domestic and foreign markets. In this title, A.W. Kirkaldy gives a brief but thoroughly detailed account and analysis of the history of economics, particularly concentrating upon the economic... Read more
Preface to Second Edition; Forward; 1. Introductory: Early Economic Problems 2. Money and the Right to Interest 3. New trade routes and Their Consequences 4. Some Early Economic Difficulties and How They Were Met 5. Banking in England 6. The Beginning of Modern Economic Theories 7. Population and the Minimum Wage 8. Economics: The Science of Wealth 9. The Factors of Production: (i) Land 10. The Factors of production: (ii) Labour 11. Labour—Its Reward 12. Labour—Its Organisation 13. Continued 14. Employers and Employed 15. The Factors of Production: (iii) Capital 16. Conclusions; Index
Biography
A.W. Kirkaldy
