The Character and Logical Method of Political Economy

By Cairnes, John E.

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Excerpt: Preface to Second Edition. In offering to the public a new edition of some lectures delivered in Dublin more than seventeen years ago, a few words of explanation are needed. As regards the substance of the opinions advanced ? the view taken of Political Economy, and of its methods of proof and development ? the present work does not differ from its predecessor; but extensive changes have been made in the form and treatment. Numerous passages have been recast; increased prominence has been given to aspects of the case only touched on in the former volume; and some entirely new topics have been introduced. To one of these ? ?Definition? ? an additional lecture has been devoted. I would fain hope that in its new shape the work will be found somewhat less unworthy than in its earlier form of such favor as it has met with. No one, however, can be more conscious than the author how very far it still falls short of what such a work ought to be.

Table of Contents
Contents Preface to Second Edition .................................................................. 5 Preface to First Edition ...................................................................... 7 Lecture I: Introductory ....................................................................... 9 Lecture II: Of the Mental and Physical Premises of Political Economy, and of the Logical Character of The Doctrines Thence Deduced. .................................................................................... 23 Lecture III: Of the Logical Method of Political Economy ............... 40 Lecture IV: Of the Logical Method of Political Economy. ? (Continued.) ........................................................................................... 57 Lecture V: Of the Solution of an Economic Problem, and of the Degree of Perfection of which it is Susceptible ......................... 68 Lecture VI: Of the Place and Purpose of Definition in Political Economy. ................................................................................... 80 Lecture VII: Of the Malthusian Doctrine of Population. ................. 89 Lecutre VIII: Of The Theory of Rent ............................................. 105 Appendix A .................................................................................... 125 Appendix B .................................................................................... 130 Appendix C. ................................................................................... 134 Notes .............................................................................................. 136

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The Character and Logical Method of Political Economy

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Cairnes, John E.

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