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Inquiry into the Nature and Origin of Public Wealth
work by Lauderdale
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- In James Maitland, 8th earl of Lauderdale
…work in economics was his Inquiry into the Nature and Origin of Public Wealth (1804), in which, although basically adhering to the ideas of Adam Smith, he deviated from classical economists on a number of issues. In particular, he was a forerunner of Thomas Malthus in his belief in the…
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