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First published 1885

The Postulates of English Political Economy

by Walter Bagehot and Alfred Marshall

New York: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1885 (Student’s Edition); Online Library of Liberty edition45 pages

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Author
Walter Bagehot and Alfred Marshall
First published
1885
Format
PDF and EPUB
Pages
45
License
Public domain by publication date.

Essays by Bagehot, first printed in 1876, on the assumptions behind English classical economics, such as the free movement of capital and labor, and on where those assumptions fail in other societies. The Student's Edition of 1885 carries a preface by Alfred Marshall. It is a defense of the classical method that admits its limits.

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7 chapters · 26,865 words · free to read here

  1. Preface
  2. The Postulates of English Political Economy
  3. I.: The Transferability of Labour.
  4. II.: The Transferability of Capital.
  5. About Liberty Fund
  6. The Online Library of Liberty
  7. Copyright Information

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