ABSTRACT

The period between 1767 and 1873 shaped public finance in Britain (and, by extension, many other countries) as we know it today, with the major economists of the time providing influential contributions. Until now, no book has examined and compared the thought of these 'classical economists' from the perspective of public finance rather than that o

chapter 1|14 pages

Introduction

chapter 2|24 pages

Sir James Steuart

chapter 3|27 pages

Adam Smith

chapter 4|26 pages

Jeremy Bentham

chapter 5|25 pages

Thomas Robert Malthus

chapter 6|27 pages

David Ricardo

chapter 7|29 pages

John Ramsay McCulloch

chapter 8|27 pages

John Stuart Mill

chapter 9|10 pages

Summaries and conclusion