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A Defence of Usury: Shewing the Impolicy of the Present Legal Restraints on the Terms of Pecuniary Bargains, in a Series of Letters to a Friend: Cambridge Library Collection - Philosophy

Autor Jeremy Bentham
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 19 mar 2014
The utilitarian philosopher and jurist Jeremy Bentham (1748–1832) argues in this collection of letters for the cessation of government control of the rate of interest. The work first appeared in 1787 and is reissued here in the version published in Dublin in 1788. The final letter, addressed to Adam Smith, is a response to Smith's Wealth of Nations (1776), arguing against the limits to inventive industry forced by the restriction on rates. Throughout the work is Bentham's emphasis on the value, both ethical and practical, of allowing private citizens to regulate their own financial dealings. Bentham offers a sophisticated philosophical, economic and political analysis of 'usury' and in so doing provides a template for a wider liberal view. Influential at the time of publication, the work still retains its significance in making a case for the proper relationship between the individual and the state.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781108066945
ISBN-10: 1108066941
Pagini: 246
Dimensiuni: 140 x 216 x 14 mm
Greutate: 0.32 kg
Editura: Cambridge University Press
Colecția Cambridge University Press
Seria Cambridge Library Collection - Philosophy

Locul publicării:Cambridge, United Kingdom

Cuprins

Letters: 1. Introduction; Letter 2. Reasons for restraint – prevention of usury; Letter 3. Reasons for restraint – prevention of prodigality; Letter 4. Reasons for restraint – prevention of indigence; Letter 5. Reasons for restraint – protection of simplicity; Letter 6. Mischiefs of the anti-usurious laws; Letter 7. Efficacy of anti-usurious laws; Letter 8. Virtual usury allowed; Letter 9. Blackstone considered; Letter 10. Grounds of the prejudices against usury; Letter 11. Compound interest; Letter 12. Maintenance and champerty; Letter 13. To Dr Smith, on projects in arts, &c.

Descriere

Originally published in 1787, this collection of letters argues against government control of the rate of interest.