The Manchester School of Economics
A history of the so-called “Manchester School” of economic thought which emerged in the 19th century in order to challenge protectionism, especially the corn laws in Britain. It continued a as force after the repeal of the Corn Laws in 1846 with its advocates promoting peace and free trade.
The Manchester School of Economics (Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1960).
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This book is published online with the kind permission of the copyright holder, the author William Grampp.
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- Author: William Dyer Grampp
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Table of Contents
- Preface
- Contents
- The Manchester School of Economics
- Introduction: Manchester Revisited
- 1: What the School Was
- 2: The Economists and the School
- 3: The Corn Laws
- 4: The Campaign for Repeal
- 5: Why the Laws Were Repealed
- 6: The School after Repeal
- Notes
- NOTES TO INTRODUCTION
- NOTES TO CHAPTER 1
- NOTES TO CHAPTER 2
- NOTE TO CHAPTER 3
- NOTES TO CHAPTER 4
- NOTES TO CHAPTER 5
- NOTES TO CHAPTER 6
- Bibliography
- I.: THE SCHOOL, ITS LEADERS, AND THE IDEAS
- II.: THE REPEAL CAMPAIGN
- The League
- The Struggle
- III.: THE PERIOD, THE PEOPLE, AND THEIR IDEAS
- The Economist
- The Non-Conformist
- IV.: THE ECONOMISTS ON THE CORN LAWS
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