The Political Economy of Sir Edwin Chadwick
Author : Edward Ollington Price
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Page : 538 pages
File Size : 49,88 MB
Release : 1980
Category : Economics
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Author : Edward Ollington Price
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Page : 538 pages
File Size : 49,88 MB
Release : 1980
Category : Economics
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Author : Robert B. Ekelund
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 24,10 MB
Release : 2012-01-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1781005044
'Economists owe a great debt to Ekelund and Price for making us aware of Edwin Chadwick's seminal contributions. Chadwick lived in the middle of the 19th century, but he anticipated many of the theoretical and practical advances that culminated in the law and economics revolution of the late 20th century. These include Coase's analysis of social cost and Demsetz's proposal for franchise bidding in natural monopolies. Read the summary of Chadwick's ideas about railroads and consider that Britain adopted many of them but only more than a century later (while the US continues to wallow in ignorance). The book is full of similar examples where Chadwick's prescience is extraordinary. Economists, legal scholars and practitioners, especially those working at the intersection of law and economics, will want to read this book.' – Sam Peltzman, University of Chicago, US Sir Edwin Chadwick (1800–1890) is hardly a household name among economists, although he is a well-known hero to sanitation engineers and utilitarian social reformers. His brilliant and cunning ideas relating to contemporary economic policy are illuminated for the first time in this pioneering study. The authors detail Chadwick's sophisticated conceptions of moral hazard, common pool problems, asymmetric information, and theory of competition, all of which differ starkly from those promulgated by Adam Smith and other classical economists. Also examined are Chadwick's views on government versus market role in dealing with problems created by natural monopoly, and whether some or all market problems justify government regulation or alterations of property rights. The authors investigate Chadwick's utilitarian approach to labor, business cycles, and economic growth, contrasting his modern view with those of his classical economic contemporaries. Chadwick's enormous output and cutting-edge methods undoubtedly establish him as an original and trenchant thinker in economic matters as well as a prophetic voice on contemporary issues in economics. This unique look at his less familiar research will interest academic regulatory economists, sociologists, students and scholars of law and economics, and all those interested in the fundamentals of social reform.
Author : Edwin Chadwick
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Page : 28 pages
File Size : 24,38 MB
Release : 1862
Category : Economics
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Page : 269 pages
File Size : 11,34 MB
Release : 1980
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Author : Political Economy Club (LONDON)
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Page : 100 pages
File Size : 50,18 MB
Release : 1876
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Author : Edwin Chadwick
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Page : 19 pages
File Size : 20,41 MB
Release : 1889
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Author : S. E. Finer
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 499 pages
File Size : 24,50 MB
Release : 2016-09-19
Category : History
ISBN : 1315511991
First published in 1952, this is a full-scale and definitive account of the life and work of Sir Edwin Chadwick. Among the sources used are the Chadwick Papers, the Peel, Place, Russell and Gladstone Papers, the Home Office, Treasury and Ministry of Health papers and the minutes and documents of the Metropolitan Commission of Sewers. Centred on this mass of material, this book demonstrates that the great social reforms of the Victorian age should be attributed, not so much to the Cabinets, but to the labours of a handful of civil servants. It also argues that Edwin Chadwick was the most influential of these civil servants and through this illuminating biography, Professor Finer gives an account of early Victorian administration as seen from inside. This book will be of interest to those studying Victorian social reform, the history of the welfare state and social policy.
Author : Political Economy Club of London
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Page : 316 pages
File Size : 37,40 MB
Release : 1860
Category : Economics
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Author : Political economy club, London
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Page : 316 pages
File Size : 11,71 MB
Release : 1860
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Author : Political Economy Club of London
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Page : 318 pages
File Size : 47,78 MB
Release : 1860
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