Thomas Tooke and the Monetary Thought of Classical Economics

1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-1-138-80762-4
Verlag: CRC Press

Buch, Englisch, 320 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 453 g

Reihe: Routledge Studies in the History of Economics

This study provides a comprehensive account and reconsideration of the contribution to political economy of Thomas Tooke (1774-1858). It clarifies Tooke’s monetary thought and its legacy to modern economics. The study shows Tooke possessed a rich and extensive political economy, covering many aspects of economic activity relevant to key policy issues. Tooke’s political economy is shown to be a unified and coherent body of intellectual thought in the classical tradition which, like most of his nineteenth-century contemporaries, was much influenced by Adam Smith’s economics. More particularly, Tooke’s monetary thought, especially his novel banking school theory, is shown to be theoretically coherent from the standpoint of nineteenth-century classical economics. It is also shown that besides contributing toward a better understanding of the behaviour of monetary systems in general, key elements of Tooke’s banking school theory make an important contribution to explaining distribution, growth and price inflation in modern economics.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Smith, Matthew

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein Geldwirtschaft, Währungspolitik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction 2. Tooke’s Contributions 3. Tooke’s Approach to Value and Distribution 4. An Explanation of Agricultural Price Movements 5. An Explanation of General Price Movements 6. The Monetary Thought of the Pre-Banking School Tooke, 1819-1838 7. The Monetary Thought of the Banking School Tooke, 1840-1857 8. Tooke’s Legacy

Über Autor(innen)

Matthew Smith is a Lecturer in Economics at the University of Sydney, Australia.