Early British Economics from the XIIIth to the middle of the XVIIIth century

Max Beer

• Publisher: Taylor & Francis
• Year: 2013
• eBook ISBN: 9781136507311
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Business
• Subtopic: Business General
• Index: Business

Early British Economics covers the growth of economic thought in Britain, giving an outline of the economic and ethical problems raised by social developments and changes. The doctrines formulated by city merchants, economic writers and philosophers during the six centuries in question are also examined.

INDEX

Adolfonsus, King of Gallicia, 24; his veneration of St. Isidore of Seville, 24

Aelfric's Colloquium, merchants’ recital, 23

Agricultural produce, Hales pleads for free marketing of, 88

Alchemists, their flourishing age, 65–66, 237

Alcuin, Anglo-Saxon scholar (eighth century), 15

Alexander of Hales, English Schoolman (thirteenth century), 16, 24; life and work, 26 passim; lawfulness of gain in trade, 32; damages for delay of the borrower, 38; his influence, 38; on property, 26–28, 52

Angevin Kings, their trade policy, 63–72

Anselm, Archbishop of Canterbury, 16

Aristotle, Greek philosopher (fourth century B.C.), 17; his authority, 19, 25, 94, 110; on slavery, 40; on money and usury, 32–36; his economics, 130, 165, 228–234

Armstrong, Clement, economic writer (first half of sixteenth century), on value added by workmanship, 114; on mercantilist policy, 134, 158

Artificialtes (original term for manufactured goods), 73, 135, 158 passim

Ashley, William, Professor, 8; on Tory Free Trade, 211

Aylesbury, Richard, Mint official (fourteenth century), on money and foreign trade, 76–81, 131

Bacon, Francis, as mercantilist, 41, 59; on deficiency of money, 121; on balance of trade, 79, 139–140; balance of power, 140; warlike policy, 193, 195, preternaturally gifted, 178

Bacon, Nicolas, Keeper of the Great Seal, 104

Bacon, Roger, English Minorite (thirteenth century), 16, 26

Balance of Power, Bacon on, 140

Balance of Trade, 59, 61, 73, 76–79; rise of the term, 136 passim; the ideas of, 143–145; historical meaning of, 143, 187–192; against its validity, 142–143, 196, 203–208, 210

Bank of England, 192; foundation of, 201

Barbon, Nicholas, medical man and economic writer (second half of seventeenth century), denies validity of balance of trade doctrine, 205–207; on criterion of prosperity, 206; on money, 236–237

Basilikon Doron, 185

Bede, the Venerable, 15

Bellers, John, humanitarian reformer, 178

Bill of exchange (domestic), 150, 201

Bill of exchange (foreign), 99; form of, 101 passim

Blanqui, Adolphe, French economist, 7

Bodin, Jean, French moral philosopher, on principal cause of price revolution (1568), 97

Boethius, Roman moral philosopher, 17

Britannia Languens (1680), on decrease of English treasure, 142; home trade not productive of wealth, 157–158; labouring people the most precious commodity, 176; treasure as stimulant to imperial expansion, 190; protective duties raise cost of production, 240

British Merchant, periodical publication (1713–1714), 217

Bullion Ordinances, prohibiting export of coin and bullion, 66, 68, 78, 79, 111, 147–148; abrogation of (1663), 154

Caesar, Sir Julius, Master of the Rolls, 132

Cambium Regis, 64

Cantillon, Richard, Irish-French economist, on balance of trade, 156–157; on value, 170

Capital, term first used, 112, 137

Carta Mercatoria (1303), 50, 69, 75

Cary, John, Bristol merchant (end of seventeenth century), 197

Cassiodor, Latin scholar and statesman (sixth century), on trade and commerce, 24, 29

Cathari, heretic sects, 52; their attitude towards property and commerce, 52

Cato, Marcus P., Roman statesman, his saying about selling and buying, 133; slogan of mercantilists, 133, 145, 151

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Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• Introduction
• I. The Schoolmen and Their Problems
• II. Alexander of Hales (Alensis)
• III. Ricardus De Media Villa
• IV. John Duns Scotus
• V. The Legacy of the Schoolmen
• VI. The Age of Mercantilism: General View
• VII. Sixteenth Century Economics
• VIII. Balance of Trade
• IX. Importance of Manufacture
• X. Recapitulation
• XI. Transition to Liberal Economics
• XII. Retrospect: British Economics in 1750
• Index