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

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Ramos, Aida (Συγγραφέας, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2018.
• Σειρά: Palgrave Studies in the History of Economic Thought,
• Θέματα: 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...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Chapter 1: Introduction
• Chapter 2: The Political and Economic Contest and Context: Scotland and England Before the Union
• Chapter 3: Beyond Trade: Mercantilist Ideas of Dependency, Value, and Transmutation and Justification of Union
• Chapter 4: Trick or Treaty: The Negotiation and Articles of Union in the Context of Mercantilist Ideas
• Chapter 5: Balancing Act: The Equivalent, Political Arithmetic, and Mercantilist Structural Violence
• Chapter 6: Shifting Capital
• Chapter 7: Unintended Consequences: Scottish Political Economy as a Reaction to Mercantilism.