Select Collection of Scarce and Valuable Economical Tracts - From Originals of Defoe, Elking, Franklin, Turgot, Anderson,

Klappentext An 1859 collection of eleven pieces ranging in date from 1685 to 1808, and in content from whaling to pawnbroking. Zusammenfassung John Ramsay McCulloch (1789–1864) wrote or edited numerous works on the nascent field of political economy (several are reissued in this series). This 1859 collection of eleven miscellaneous pieces ranges in date from 1685 to 1808, and in content across the economic impact of building, charity, whaling and pawnbroking. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 1. An apology for the builder; 2. Giving alms no charity, and employing the poor a grievance to the nation; 3. A view of the Greenland trade and whale-fishery, with the national and private advantages thereof; 4. An apology for the business of pawn-broking; 5. Extracts from the works of Dr Franklin; 6. Reflections on the formation and distribution of wealth; 7. Extract from an inquiry into the nature of the Corn Laws; 8. A treatise on the maritime law of Rhodes; 9. A dissertation on the poor laws; 10. Thoughts and details on scarcity; 11. An inquiry into the policy and justice of the prohibition of the use of grain in the distilleries; Index.

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• Authors: EDITED BY J. R. MCCU, J. R. Mcculloch
• Assisted by: J. R. Mcculloch (Editor), McCulloch J. R. (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2018
• EAN: 9781108083737
• ISBN: 978-1-108-08373-7
• No. of pages: 600
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection - British and Irish History, 19th Century; Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - British and Irish History, 19th Century
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Money & Monetary Policy, Banking, Economic history, Monetary Economics