Modern Civilization in Some of its Economic Aspects

di William Cunningham (Autore)

Cambridge University Press, 2012

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 Tubingen, 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.

• Autore: William Cunningham
• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Collana: Cambridge Library Collection - European History
• Anno: 2012
• Rilegatura: Paperback / softback
• Pagine: 236 p.
• Dimensioni: 216 x 140 mm
• Peso: 310 gr.
• EAN: 9781108053051

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