The Character and Logical Method of Political EconomyCosimo, Inc., 1 nov 2007 - 244 páginas This 1857 discussion of economics is, at its heart, both a scientific and a philosophical inquiry. Modern readers may find it striking that unlike current textbooks on the subject, The Character and Logical Method of Political Economy does not deal heavily with mathematical models and formulas. It does not, in fact, deal with them at all. Cairnes believed that while mathematics could have a place in demonstrating economic truths, it could not discover those truths on its own. Economics is founded upon people, their feelings, and their actions. And that, he believed, could not be further explored by math than it was already being explored by philosophy. The lectures here introduce fundamental principles of economics. At the time of its writing, these principles were still hotly debated, so Cairnes both explains and offers a defense for his particular views on how markets work, what drives production, and what drives individuals to make the decisions that affect wealth. Students of economics and anyone with an interest in the subject will find this a greatly informative read. Irish economist JOHN ELLIOT CAIRNES (1823-1875) is the author of numerous books, including Slave Power (1862) and An Examination into the Principles of Currency (1854). |
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LECTURE II | 43 |
Mental and physical premises of Political Economy | 54 |
LECTURE III | 72 |
Logical position of the speculator on the physical universe | 81 |
This reason does not hold in economic investigation because | 87 |
Place of statistics in economic reasoning | 97 |
LECTURE VI | 143 |
Mr Mills aphorism respecting the rule which should guide | 149 |
General results of the discussion | 155 |
Important consequences theoretical and practical flowing from | 164 |
Further proof of the irrelevancy of Mr Rickardss argument | 183 |
Statement and proof of Ricardos theory of rent | 195 |
Phenomena of rent which are not covered by Ricardos the | 201 |
Is it possible to embrace all the facts of rent under a single | 206 |
LECTURE IV | 100 |
Illustrationsfrom the Wealth of Nations | 111 |
LECTURE V | 118 |
Consequence of the unprecise character of economic laws as | 129 |
Prevalent ignorance as to what the solution of an economic | 134 |
Mr Rickardss argument against the diminishing productive | 212 |
Appendix A | 223 |
Appendix B | 229 |
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The Character and Logical Method of Political Economy John Elliot Cairnes Vista previa restringida - 1869 |
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