1st Edition

The Economic Writings of William Thornton Vol 3

By Philip Mirowski, Steven Tradewell Copyright 2000
    280 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 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

    Biography

    Philip Mirowski, Steven Tradewell