Collected Works of Robert Torrens: An essay on money and paper currency (1812)
Author: Robert Torrens
Publisher: Overstone
Published: 2000
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Publisher: Burns & Oates
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 352
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKRobert Torrens is now widely recognized as one of the major figures in the development of classical economics. In a publishing career spanning fifty years, Torrens made significant contributions to the discussion of every major economic issue of the first half of the nineteenth century and made extensive contributions to Ricardian economics. The 1820 edition of An Essay on the External Corn Trade contains one of the clearest expositions of the corn model. Even earlier, the 1815 edition of the Essay contains a statement of the principle of comparative advantage some four years before it appears in Ricardo's writings. However it is for his contributions to money and banking that Torrens is probably best remembered. He wrote on monetary questions throughout his life and came to particular prominence as the champion of the Currency School. His Letter to Lord Melbourne (1837) which appears here in volume seven is widely seen as leading to separation of the issue and banking departments of the Bank of England brought about by the Bank Charter Act of 1844. In many of his writings, Torrens is outstanding for the independence and originality of his thought. In the letters to Lord John Russell that form the core of the 1844 work The Budget, Torrens modifies the general classical theory of trade by arguing for 'reciprocity' rather than unilateral free trade. He also differed markedly from early classical economics, especially Smith, by arguing that colonies offered significant benefits to the colonial power. Not only did colonies provide profitable investment opportunities to offset declining rates of profit at home, they also provided the ultimate solution to Malthusian overpopulation. Torrens' interest in colonisation went beyond theory, and he was extensively involved in the planning of the successful development of colonies in Australia. The experience of this is recorded in the extremely rare Colonization of South Australia, included in this set. This set collects all of Torrens's major economics writings. As well as including all of his published books, it gathers a wide range of shorter pieces, and many newspaper articles. Each volume contains a new introduction by the editor and the final volume is supplemented by an extensive bibliography, greatly extending and superseding the one in Robbins' 1958 study of Torrens. --the first collected works of this major economist --selects the best editions of the works and includes exceptionally rare items --eight new introductions to the volumes and extensive bibliography by Torrens scholar Giancarlo de Vivo
Author: Gilbert Faccarello
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Published: 2016-07-27
Total Pages: 812
ISBN-13: 1785366645
DOWNLOAD EBOOKVolume I contains original biographical profiles of many of the most important and influential economists from the seventeenth century to the present day. These inform the reader about their lives, works and impact on the further development of the discipline. The emphasis is on their lasting contributions to our understanding of the complex system known as the economy. The entries also shed light on the means and ways in which the functioning of this system can be improved and its dysfunction reduced.
Author: Robert Torrens
Publisher: Overstone
Published: 2000
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Friedrich August Hayek
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Published: 1991
Total Pages: 410
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK"The projected nineteen-volume Collected Works of F.A. Hayek series, when complete, will contain newly edited editions of Hayek's books, articles, and letters; interviews with the author; and hitherto unpublished manuscripts"--Volume 11, jacket.
Author: New York Public Library
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Published: 1908
Total Pages: 180
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: F.A. Hayek
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2012-11-27
Total Pages: 361
ISBN-13: 113574520X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn the years following its publication, F. A. Hayek's pioneering work on business cycles was regarded as an important challenge to what was later known as Keynesian macroeconomics. Today, as debates rage on over the monetary origins of the current economic and financial crisis, economists are once again paying heed to Hayek's thoughts on the repercussions of excessive central bank interventions. The latest editions in Routledge's ongoing series The Collected Works of F. A. Hayek, these volumes bring together Hayek's work on what causes periods of boom and bust in the economy. Moving away from the classical emphasis on equilibrium, Hayek demonstrates that business cycles are generated by the adaptation of the structure of production to changes in relative demand. Thus, when central banks artificially lower interest rates, the result is a misallocation of capital and the creation of asset bubbles and additional instability. Business Cycles: Part I contains Hayek's two major monographs on the topic: Monetary Theory and the Trade Cycle and Prices and Production. Reproducing the text of the original 1933 translation of the former, this edition also draws on the original German, as well as more recent translations. For Prices and Production, a variorum edition is presented, incorporating the 1931 first edition and its 1935 revision. Business Cycles: Part II assembles a series of Hayek's shorter papers on the topic, ranging from the 1920s to 1981. In addition to bringing together Hayek's work on the evolution of business cycles, the two volumes of Business Cycles also include extensive introductions by Hansjoerg Klausinger, placing the writings in intellectual context, including their reception and the theoretical debates to which they contributed, and providing background on the evolution of Hayek's thought.
Author: William Thomas Lowndes
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Published: 1865
Total Pages: 376
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Published: 1812
Total Pages: 330
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