Modern Civilization in Some of its Economic Aspects
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- Author: William Cunningham
- Date Published: August 2012
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- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9781108053051
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Renowned economic historian and clergyman William Cunningham (1849–1919) published this work in 1896, which is considered a companion volume to his seminal Essay on Western Civilisation. Educated at Edinburgh, Cambridge and Tübingen, Cunningham wrote widely on theology and economics. He was a Cambridge lecturer and fellow at Trinity, Professor of Economics at King's College London, a teacher at Harvard, a founding fellow of the British Academy, and President of the Royal Historical Society. Favouring historical empiricism over deductive theory, his work, labelled neo-mercantilist, was against laissez-faire and favoured economic regulation, social religion, and conservative incremental change. This book outlines these views as part of an analysis of the basic units of economic life - exchange, possessions, money, credit, selling, price, labour, trade, profit, interest, rent, wages - and how these interact within capitalism. The work strongly influenced contemporary thought and remains relevant in the historiography of economics.
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- Date Published: August 2012
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9781108053051
- length: 236 pages
- dimensions: 216 x 140 x 14 mm
- weight: 0.31kg
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Part I. The Characteristic Features of Modern Civilisation:
1. The conditions of material prosperity
2. Possessions and exchange
3. Money and other valuable things
4. Business principles
Part II. Selling:
1. The judgment of the seller
2. The wholesale dealer
3. The farmer and the manufacturer
4. Forced sales
5. Foreign trade
Part III. Hiring, Investing, and Letting:
1. The wage earner
2. The capitalist
3. The landlord
Part IV. Progress:
1. In society
2. Self-discipline
3. State intervention
Index.
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