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James Bonar, 1852-1941.

Scottish economist, civil servant and historian of economic thought. 

James Bonar was educated at Glasgow Academy, the University of Glasgow and Balliol College, Oxford.  Although joining the civil service, Bonar continued to be an active scholar.  An eminent authority on the Classical economists, James Bonar was also one of the early introducers of Austrian School economics to English-speaking audiences.  Bonar was a founding figure of the Royal Economic Society, and a major contributor to Palgrave's Dictionary.

 

  

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Major Works of James Bonar

  • Parson Malthus, 1881 [bk]
  • Malthus and his Work, 1885 [bk] [1925 ed.]
  • (Editor) Letters of David Ricardo to Thomas Robert Malthus: 1810–1823, 1887
  • "The Austrian Economists and their Theory of Value", 1888, QJE (Oct), p.1-31 [js]
  • "The Positive Theory of Capital", 1889, QJE  (Apr), p.336-51 [js]
  • "Giddings's Cost of Production", 1889, QJE,  (Oct)  p.81-83 [js]
  • "Professor Giddings on the Theory of Capital" (with E. v. Böhm-Bawerk), 1890, QJE  (Apr) p.346-49 [js]
  • "The Value of Labor in Relation to Economic Theory" 1891, QJE, p.137-64 [js]
  • "The Residual Theory of Distribution", 1891, QJE, p.105-07 [js]
  • "Der Gebrauch des Ausdruckes 'Gesetz" in der Nationalökonomie", 1892, ZfVSV, p.201
  • Philosophy and Political Economy, in some of their historical relations, 1893 [bk] [1922 3rd ed]
  • The Intellectual Virtues, 1894 [bk]
  • Catalogue of Adam Smith's Library, 1894.
  • "Friedrich Engels", 1895, QJE [js]
  • "Review of Böhm-Bawerk's Karl Marx", 1898, Monist [js]
  • Letters of David Ricardo to Hutches Trower and Others: 1811–1823 (with J.H. Hollander), 1899.
  • Elements of Political Economy, 1903. [bk]
  • "Where Ricardo Succeeded and where he failed", 1911, AER [js]
  • "The Economics of John Stuart Mill", 1911, JPE [js]
  • Disturbing Elements in the Study and Teaching of Political Economy, 1911. [bk]
  • "Vanderlint's Money Answers All Things", 1914, AER [js]
  • "Knapp's theory of money", 1922, EJ, p.39-47
  • "Memories of F.Y. Edgeworth", 1926, EJ
  • The Tables Turned. A Lecture and Dialogue on Adam Smith and the Classical Economists, 1926.
  • "Ricardo on Malthus", 1929, EJ
  • Theories of Population from Raleigh to Arthur Young, 1931
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Resources on James Bonar

  • "Review of Bonar's Letters of Ricardo to Malthus" by Franklin H. Giddings, 1888, PSQ (Mar), p.179 [js]
  • "Review of Bonar's Philosophy and Political Economy", by W.F. Wilcox, 1893, Philosophical Review [js]
  • "Review of Bonar's Philosophy and Political Economy", by W. Caldwell, 1893, JPE [js]
  • "Review of Bonar's Philosophy and Political Economy", by John Dewey, 1894, PSQ [js]
  • "Review of Bonar's Elements", by J.H. Hollander, 1904, PSQ [js]
  • Wiki

 

 
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