Shifting Capital Mercantilism and the Economics of the Act of Union of 1707 /

• Main Author: Ramos, Aida (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Economic Thought,
• Subjects: Economic history.; Evolutionary economics.; Public finance.; Culture-Economic aspects.; History of Economic Thought/Methodology.; Economic History.; Institutional/Evolutionary Economics.; Public Economics.; Cultural Economics.

When the Act of Union was passed in 1707, Scottish parliament was dissolved and the nation's capital became London. While the general public balked at the perceived unfairness of the treaty, the majority of Scottish ministers seemed satisfied with its terms. This book offers an explanation of h...