Henry Higgs

1864–1940

Nationality: English

Historical Period: The 20th Century and Beyond

Higgs was an English economist who wrote on the history of economic thought (he rediscovered the importance of Richard Cantillon) and was the editor of Palgrave’s Dictionary of Political Economy.

• Author: Essay on the Nature of Trade in general (Higgs ed.)
• Author: The Physiocrats: Six Lectures on the French Economistes of the 18th Century