From Adam Smith to Maynard Keynes: The Heritage of Political Economy

Vincent Bladen

Published by University of Toronto Press 1974

From Adam Smith to Maynard Keynes

The Heritage of Political Economy

Vincent Bladen

In the series Heritage

https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442632080

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About this book

In this survey of the great exponents of the classical tradition, Vincent Bladen examines the thought and works of Adam Smith, T.R. Malthus, Henry Thornton, David Ricardo, J.S. Mill, Karl Marx, W.S. Jevons, Alfred Marshall, and John Maynard Keynes, and relates their views to modern situations.

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Bladen Vincent :

Vincent W. Bladen (1900-1981) was a British-Canadian economist and academic and Dean of Arts and Science at the University of Toronto.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Foreword Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xi
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xv
Book One. THE WEALTH OF NATIONS
1. The role of labour Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	3
2. Some problems of terminology Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	7
3. The Wealth of Nations: the theory of production Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	13
4. Adam Smith on value Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	19
5. On distribution Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	34
6. The neglected and exciting Chapter XI: on the rent of land Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	47
7. Money Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	58
8. Productive and unproductive labour Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	62
9. Saving and investment Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	69
10. Town and country Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	75
11. International trade Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	79
12. Laissez faire Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	91
13. The education of youth Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	96
14. The canons of taxation Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	101
Book Two. THE CLASSICAL ERA: MALTHUS AND RICARDO TO MILL AND MARX
Introductory statement Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	129
1. Malthus and population Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	130
2. Malthus: the economist Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	144
3. The paper pound: Thornton, Ricardo, and Malthus Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	154
4. The Ricardian theory of value and distribution Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	176
5. John Stuart Mill, general characteristics Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	206
6. MST's Principles Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	228
7. Karl Marx Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	272
Book Three. AFTER MILL
Introductory statement Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	319
1. William Stanley Jevons Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	322
2. Alfred Marshall Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	358
3. John Maynard Keynes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	405
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	492
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	503
Author index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	513
Subject index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	517

Language: English
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Copyright year: 1974
Audience: College/higher education;Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 548

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Published: December 15, 1974
ISBN: 9781442632080