INTRODUCTION The results I have reached by my observations and inquiries made, and from the study of the material placed before me, cannot, in consequence of the inadequateness of this material, lay claim to being fully scientific, but the present investigation may so far claim a scientific character, that I have endeavored by its means...
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Introduction Men are seen in their most improved condition, when associated together in large communities. The excitements of competition are then most strongly felt — enterprise and exertion are called forth and liberally rewarded. It is then that leisure and opportunity are found for the exercise and improvement of the mental powers ; thus knowledge...
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Preface There are few things of which I have occasion to advertize the Reader, before he enters upon the perusal of the following Work. My object has been to compose a school-book of Political Economy; to detach the essential principles of the science from all extraneous topics, to state the propositions clearly and in their logical...
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My object in publishing the following Discourse has been to furnish the Students of Political Economy with a general view of the principles on which the science is founded; the distinguishing features of the most celebrated theories that have been advanced to explain its various results ; the distinction between it and Politics; the...
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IN examining a piece of complex and delicate mechanism, suppose it to be the highest triumph of modern genius, the chronometer with the Arnold escapement, the first thing that impresses the eye is the exquisite finish and beauty of the workmanship, and the wonderful regularity and smoothness of the movement ; while the conviction...
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Contents, Abbreviations & Notes on Contributors 1 Introduction Jan Joost Teunissen 2 Global Imbalances and the Implications for Africa Louis Kasekende 3 East Asia’s Role in Resolving the New Global Imbalances Masaru Yoshitomi, Li-Gang Liu and Willem Thorbecke 4 An African Perspective: Comments on Yoshitomi, Liu and Thorbecke Brian Kahn 5 Rebalancing Savings-Investment Gaps in East Asia Yonghyup...
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INTRODUCTION Every man in the community has now the same liberty to make and issue money, that he has to buy, sell, walk, run, lift, or do a dozen other things, — no law hindering him. The only restriction is, that his money shall not be made in imitation of that made by any...
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PREFACE BY THE AUTHOR WITH the present collection the publication of Sumner’s Essays comes to an end. The original project of publishers and editor contemplated but a single volume — ” War and Other Essays ” — and they accordingly equipped that volume with a bibliography which was as complete as they then could, make...
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CONTENTS OF THE DIFFERENT SYSTEMS OR EXPEDIENTS WHICH HAVE BEEN PROPOSED OR HAVE PREVAILED IN SOCIETY, AS THEY AFFECT THE EVILS ARISING FROM THE PRINCIPLE OF POPULATION. (Continued) XIII. Of increasing Wealth, as it affects the Condition of the Poor XIV. General Observations BOOK IV. OF OUR FUTURE PROSPECTS RESPECTING THE REMOVAL OR MITIGATION OF...
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PREFACE TO THE FIFTH EDITION BY THE AUTHOR OF THE BOOK This Essay was first published at a period of extensive warfare, combined, from peculiar circumstances, with a most prosperous foreign commerce. It came before the public, therefore, at time when there would be an extraordinary demand for men, and very little disposition to suppose...
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CONTENTS OF THE CHECKS TO POPULATION IN THE DIFFERENT STATES OF MODERN EUROPE. (Continued.) VI. Of the Checks to Population m France VII. Of the Checks to Population in France VIII. Of the Checks to Population in England IX. Of the Checks to Population in England X. Of the Checks to Population in Scotland and...
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CONTENTS CHAPTER I PAGE EARLY YEARS CHAPTER II – THE BEGINNING OF A CAREER CHAPTER III – THEOLOGY AND RELIGIOUS ESTABLISHMENTS CHAPTER IV – “THE THEORY OF MORAL SENTIMENTS” CHAPTER V – IN THE GLASGOW CHAIR THE LECTURES ON JUSTICE AND POLICE CHAPTER VI – GLASGOW AND ITS UNIVERSITY CHAPTER VII – THE TOUR IN FRANCE CHAPTER VIII – POLITICS AND STUDY, 1766-76 CHAPTER IX...
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Contents 1.  Should Developing Countries Support the US Dollar? -The History of the US Debt Problem -The Financing of US Deficits by Developing Countries -About this Book and the Next Volume 2.  Global Imbalances and Emerging Markets - The Likelihood of a Disorderly Correction - The Impact on Emerging Markets - What Countries Can Do - Conclusion 3.  Global Imbalances and Latin America: A...
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Thomas Robert Malthus, the son of Daniel Malthus, a country gentleman living in Surrey, was born on Feb. 14, 1766. Entering Jesus College, Cambridge, in 1785, he was 9th Wrangler in the Mathematical Tripos in 1 788 ; took Holy Orders ; and in 1797 was elected to a Fellowship at his college. In...
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1886 PREFACE TO THE ENGLISH EDITION The publication of an English version of “Das Kapital” needs no apology. On the contrary, an explanation might be expected why this English version has been delayed until now, seeing that for some years past the theories advocated in this book have been constantly referred to, attacked and defended, interpreted...
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