1st Edition
The Economic Writings of William Thornton Vol 1
248 Pages
by
Routledge
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 1 General Introduction; Philip Mirowski and Steven Tradewell, Letters to the Economist by and concerning Thornton; The ‘Law’ of Demand and Supply (October 1866) John Elliott Cairnes, The ‘Law’ of Demand and Supply (November 1866) John Elliott Cairnes; Demand and Supply (December 1866) Thomas Cliffe Leslie; Supply and Demand (December 1866) On the Income Tax (1862) England and Ireland (1868) Technical Education in England (1871) John Stuart Mill: His Career in the India House (1873) The Economic Definition of Wealth (1875) Professor Cairnes on Value (1876) The Wages Fund (1879) Parliament without Parties (1880) A New View of the Indian Exchange Difficulty (1880) To John Stuart Mill, Esq. In Imitation of an Epistle of Horace to Maecenas (1854) Zohrab; or a Midsummer Day s Dream
Biography
Philip Mirowski, Steven Tradewell
