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Record Nr.

UNINA9910460310903321

Autore

Bladen V. W.

Titolo

An introduction to political economy / / V. W. Bladen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Toronto, [Ontario] : , : The University of Toronto Press, , 1941

©1941

ISBN

1-4426-3210-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (310 p.)

Collana

Heritage

Disciplina

330.971

Soggetti

Economics

POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Economy

Electronic books.

Canada Economic conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Preface -- Table of Contents -- Chapter I. The Basic Conditions of Social Wealth -- Chapter II. The Price System -- Chapter III. The Price System in a Hypothetical Handicraft Economy -- Chapter IV. Population -- Chapter V. Wheat in The Canadian Economy -- Chapter VI. Newsprint in The Canadian Economy -- Chapter VII. Combines and Public Policy -- Chapter VIII. The Wage Earner in Modern Industry -- Chapter IX. Conclusion -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Newly revised by the author (1956), this text-book for beginning students is also designed for general readers who want to know what economics is and how economists think. It analyses the size and composition of the wage-earner in modern industry, Canadian public policy in relation to combines, and the the social problems of the special problems of the Canadian wheat-growing and newsprint industries. ";...an interesting, instructive, and valuable book full of essential information.";