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On the whole, the most popular writer since J. B. Say has been Bastiat,(56) who aspired to be the French Cobden. ON THE WHOLE THE MOST POPULAR WRITER SINCE J B SAY HAS BEEN BASTA WHO INSPIRED TO BE THE FRENCH COBDEN
he methods of the old school. His greatest contribution has been a “History of Agriculture and Prices in England,” from 1255 to 1793, in four volumes(54) (1866-1882). Of all the writers(55) since Cairnes, it may be said that, while adding to the data with which political economy has to do, and putting principles to the test of facts, they have made no actual addition to the existing body of principles; although questions of distribution and taxation are certainly not yet fully settled, as is seen by the wide differences of opinion expressed on subjects falling within these heads by writers of to-day. It now remains to complete this sketch of the growth of political economy by a brief account of the writers on the Continent and in the United States, beginning with France. About the time of the founding of the London “Economist” (1844) and “The Statistical Journal” (1839) in England, there was established in Paris the “Journal des Économistes” (1842), which contains many valuable papers. BEEN A HISTORY OF AGRICULTURE AND PRICES IN ENGLAND FROM TWELVE FIFTY FIVE TO SEVENTEEN NINETY THREE IN FOUR VOLUMES EIGHTEEN SIXTY SIX TO EIGHTEEN EIGHTY TWO OF ALL WRITERS SINCE CAIRNS IT MAY BE SAID THAT WHILE ADDING TO THE DATA WITH WHICH POLITICAL ECONOMY HAS TO DO AND PUTTING PRINCIPLES TO THE TEST OF FACTS THEY HAVE MADE NO ACTUAL ADDITION TO THE EXISTING BODY OF PRINCIPLES ALTHOUGH QUESTIONS OF DISTRIBUTION AND TAXATION ARE CERTAINLY NOT YET FULLY SETTLED AS IS SEEN BY THE WIDE DIFFERENCES OF OPINION EXPRESSED ON SUBJECTS FALLING WITHIN THESE HEADS BY WRITERS OF TO DAY IT NOW REMAINS TO COMPLETE THIS SKETCH OF THE GROWTH OF POLITICAL ECONOMY BY A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF THE WRITERS ON THE CONTINENT AND IN THE UNITED STATES BEGINNING WITH FRANCE ABOUT THE TIME OF THE FOUNDING OF THE LONDON ECONOMIST EIGHTEEN FORTY FOUR AND THE STATISTICAL JOURNAL EIGHTEEN THIRTY NINE IN ENGLAND THERE WAS ESTABLISHED IN PARIS THE GERNAL DE ECONOMIST EIGHTEEN FORTY TWO WHICH CONTAINS MANY VALUABLE PAPERS
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