Treatise on the Industry of Nations - Or, the Principles of National Economy and Taxation

Klappentext By exploring 'fiscal sociology', this two-volume set, first published in 1839, investigates issues of the nineteenth-century British economy. Zusammenfassung Originally published in 1839, this two-volume set explores the issues of the political economy of 1830s Britain by examining 'fiscal sociology'. In a time of shifting trends and opinions, Joseph Eisdell (1791–1876) emphasises the growing importance of the industrial worker, and the significance of human nature in economics. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; Preliminary Remarks: 1. The subject; 2. On the measure of the products of industry; Book I. Production: 1. On the source whence the products of industry are derived, and the instruments by which they are acquired; 2. On the circumstances conducive to the effectiveness of national industry, and the progress of opulence; 3. On the influence of science and skill; 4. On excitements to industry; 5. On the circumstances which occasion employment, or a want of employment; 6. Of property, and its classification; 7. On the employment of capital and machinery; 8. On the division of employments; 9. On the freedom of industry; 10. On the different kinds of industry, and the mode of their operation; 11. Appropriative industry; 12. Agricultural industry; 13. Manufacturing; 14. Commercial industry; 15. On supply and demand; 16. Of money; 17. On the division of property; 18. On population.

Product details

• Authors: Joseph Salway Eisdell, Eisdell Joseph Salway
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 24.11.2011
• EAN: 9781108036917
• ISBN: 978-1-108-03691-7
• No. of pages: 628
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - British and Irish History, 19th Century; A Treatise on the Industry of Nations 2 Volume Set
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Economics; History of Ideas, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / Theory, HISTORY / Social History, Economic theory & philosophy, Economic theory and philosophy