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The Economics of James Steuart.
Title:
The Economics of James Steuart.
Author:
Tortajada, Ramon.
ISBN:
9780203443347
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Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (355 pages)
Series:
Routledge Studies in the History of Economics
Contents:
Book Cover -- Title -- Contents -- Notes on contributors -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Sir James Steuart and the Jacobite connection -- Lectures -- Sir James Steuart and Richard Cantillon -- The difficult reception of James Steuart at the end of the eighteenth century in France -- The market economy and social classes in James Steuart and G.W.F.Hegel -- Marx's polemics against Steuart -- The new interpretation of Steuart by Paul Chamley -- On the method of Sir James Steuart's Principles of Political conomy -- Steuart's method: Aristotelian political economy -- Markets, money and macroeconomics -- James Steuart: aspects of economic policy -- James Steuart's approach to stability of prices and economic policy: the example of grain prices -- James Steuart: economy and population -- Steuart's theory of money and sovereignty -- Steuart on monetary reform and economic development: his advice for the restoration of the Indian economy -- Steuart and Smith on banking systems and growth -- Rate of interest, profit and prices in the economics of James Steuart -- James Steuart's Principles as a modern analysis of monetary economy -- James Steuart's macroeconomic analysis of money, price and output -- Bibliography -- Appendix A -- Appendix B -- Appendix C -- Appendix D -- Appendix E -- Index.
Abstract:
The Economics of James Steuart reveals the particular importance of Steuart's work on monetary issues and highlights ways in which he prepared the ground for a new conception of economic relations. Featuring the work of an international team of leading scholars, this volume will be essential reading for those studying or researching the history of economic thought.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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