The economics of Thomas Robert Malthus / / Samuel Hollander

• Autore: Hollander Samuel
• Pubblicazione: Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 1997; ©1997
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (1072 p.)
• Disciplina: 330.15/3
• Soggetto topico: Economics - Great Britain - History - 19th century
• Soggetto geografico: Great Britain
• Soggetto genere / forma: Livres numeriques.; History; e-books.; Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- I: Early explorations in growth and development theory -- 1 THE ESSAY ON POPULATION, 1798â€?1807 -- I: Introduction -- II: The 'geometrical' and 'arithmetical' ratios -- III: The critique of William Godwin -- IV: Application to the Poor Laws -- V: Diminishing returns and land scarcityâ€?based growth theory -- VI: The downward wage path -- VII: The English case -- VIII: The distribution of activity between agriculture and manufacturing -- IX: The oscillatory process ; X: Diminishing returns and growth, 1803XI: The 1806 defence -- XII: Food and population: The order of precedence and the oscillatory process, 1803, 1806/7 -- XIII: Summary and conclusion -- 2 THE MALTHUSâ€?RICARDO CORRESPONDENCE, 1813â€?1814 -- I: Introduction -- II: Direct effect of agricultural productivity on profit rate denied: The stimulatory effect of agricultural protection -- III: Effect of agricultural productivity conceded and the 'temporary' effect of manufacturing prosperity -- IV: The profit-rate trend elaborated -- V: Concluding remarks ; 3 THE INQUIRY INTO RENT (1815)I: Introduction -- II: An agricultural-growth model and an extension -- III: On the rising real costs of marginal extensions: An alternative perspective -- IV: Two classes of stationary state -- V: The effect of exogenous increase in the corn price -- VI: Reactions by Ricardo -- VII: Summary and conclusion -- 4 THE MALTHUSâ€?RICARDO CORRESPONDENCE, 1815â€?1819 -- I: Introduction -- II: Agricultural expansion and profit-rate increase -- III: An Evaluation of The Essay on Profits -- IV: On the advantages of a high corn price ; V: Restatement of objections to Ricardo's 'new view'VI: On the wageâ€?profit relation -- VII: The source of the contrasting positions -- VIII: First reactions to Ricardo's Principles -- IX: A summing-up on the trend paths of the factor returns -- 5 THE ESSAY ON POPULATION REVISED (1817) -- I: Introduction -- II: Checks to growth in 'agricultural', 'commercial', and 'mixed' systems -- III: Land scarcity, the factor returns, and prudential population control -- IV: Prudence endogenized -- V: Changes in ceteris paribus conditions ; VI: The response to Weyland: Implications for the growth modelVII: Manufacturing expansion and population growth -- VIII: The order of precedence of food supply and population growth, and the 'oscillatory' process -- IX: Concluding notes: Some interpretive problems -- II: Value, distribution, and growth -- 6 PRICE THEORY -- I: Introduction -- II: On utility -- III: The theory of exchange -- IV: The theory of demand -- V: The limitations of demandâ€?supply analysis -- VI: Cost-price analysis: General themes -- VII: The case against the labour theory: Time
• Sommario/riassunto: Samuel Hollander provides the first in-depth study of Malthus's achievement as an economist. Malthus's message has been largely misrepresented by decades of careless and biased interpretation. In this volume, Samuel Hollander re-examines these interpretations and presents a full and coherent picture of Malthus's economics. He evaluates John Maynard Keynes's famous dichotomy between the Ricardian and Malthusian methods, proving that the two were far closer to each other than is generally supposed. The relation of Malthus's ideas to those of his predecessors is thoroughly examined, for example, his roots in the Wealth of Nations are demonstrated and the physiocratic and Sraffian dimensions of his work are brought to light. Hollander extends his analysis to biographical factors; he discounts the textbook perspective on Malthus as a social-welfare pessimist and dispels the common notion of Malthus as spokesman of the land-owning classes. The standard charges against Malthus of inconsistency and intellectual dishonesty are also challenged.Samuel Hollander has produced the definitive study of Thomas Robert Malthus. A major contribution to the history of economic theory, the study has much broader appeal as a portrait of a central figure in early nineteenth-century debates over social policy -particularly those having to do with the role of government in relation to social welfare, economic growth, and trade protection.
• Titolo autorizzato: The economics of Thomas Robert Malthus
• ISBN: 1-282-00819-6; 9786612008191; 1-4426-8115-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910780415503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Studies in classical political economy ; ; 4