num_pages: 482
description: Lauderdale's Inquiry was important in the development of both English and, through Daniel Raymond, American economic thought. In addition to its original contributions to the topics of value, capital and interest, it was the final attempt to construct a theory of production before the later classical school became absorbed in the theory of distribution. This edition includes revisions from the 1819 second edition and a new introduction by Morton Paglin. "Perhaps the most influential theoretical contribution ... between Malthus' Essay and Ricardo's Principles." Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences. "Lauderdale--and for that matter Malthus--were forerunners, not of Keynesian economics, but of Harrod-Domar growth theory." M. Blaug Great Economists Before Keynes. "He was a man who thought for himself ... a writer of force and, in most cases, of sense." J.A. Schumpeter History of Economic Analysis
title: Inquiry into the Nature and Origin of Public Wealth
titlecomplete: Inquiry into the Nature and Origin of Public Wealth
publisher: Augustus M Kelley Pubs