James Denham-Steuart
Sir James Denham-Steuart, 7th Baronet (born October 21, 1712 in Edinburgh , Scotland , † November 26, 1780 in Coltness , Lancashire ) was a British economist and a later exponent of mercantilism .
He published his main work “An Inquiry into the Principles of Political Economy” in 1767, nine years before Adam Smith's work “Wealth of Nations”, which rejected mercantilism. Along with Turgot , Thünen and Malthus , he is considered to be one of the "discoverers" of the economic income law . While Smith and other British economists ignored him, Denham-Steuart was received comparatively strongly in Germany, for example by Hegel , Marx and the historical school .
literature
- Ramón Tortajada (Ed.): The Economics of James Steuart . Routledge, London et al. 1999, ISBN 0-415-15459-6 , ( Routledge studies in the history of economics 26), (French edition: Sir James Steuart et l'économie politique ), (A selection of papers presented at the First International Conference on Sir James Steuart, held September 14-16, 1995 in Vizille, France).
- Marc Blaug: Great Economists before Keynes . Wheatsheaf Books, Brighton 1986, ISBN 0-7450-0160-2 , pp. 241f.
- Paul Chamley: Economie politique et philosophie chez Steuart et Hegel . Dalloz, Paris 1963, ( Annales de la Faculé de Droit et des Sciences Politiques et Economiques de Strasbourg 12).
Web links
- An Inquiry into the Principles of Political Economy (historical book formatted as html), Sir James Steuart (1767), accessed December 11, 2018.
- James Denham-Steuart on the History of Economic Thought website
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| SURNAME | Denham-Steuart, James |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Denham-Steuart, James, 7th Baronet |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British economist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 21, 1712 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Edinburgh , Scotland |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 26, 1780 |
| Place of death | Coltness , Lancashire |