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2 - On the origin of the theory of rent in economics

from Part I - Resources and distribution in a structural perspective

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 May 2015

Mauro L. Baranzini
Affiliation:
Università della Svizzera Italiana, Switzerland
Claudia Rotondi
Affiliation:
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milano
Roberto Scazzieri
Affiliation:
Università di Bologna and University of Cambridge
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The five pamphlets at the origin of the theory of rent:

Malthus, T. R. (1815a) An Inquiry into The Nature and Progress of Rent and the Principles by Which it is Regulated, London: John Murray.Google Scholar
Malthus, T. R. (1815b) The Grounds of an Opinion on the Policy of Restricting the Importation of Foreign Corn, London: John Murray.Google Scholar
Ricardo, D. (1815) An Essay on The Influence of a Low Price of Corn on the Profits of Stock, London: John Murray.Google Scholar
Torrens, R. (1815) An Essay on the External Corn Trade; London: J. Hatchard.Google Scholar
West, E. (1815) Essay on the Application of Capital to Land, London: T. Underwood.Google Scholar
Anderson, J. (1777a) Observations on the Means of Exciting a Spirit of National Industry; Chiefly Intended to Promote the Agriculture, Commerce, Manufactures and Fisheries of Scotland, Edinburgh: T. Cadell-C.Elliot.Google Scholar
Anderson, J. (1777b) An Enquiry into the Nature of the Corn Laws, with a View to the New Corn Bill Proposed for Scotland, Edinburgh: Mundell.Google Scholar
Anderson, J. (1801) A Calm Investigation of the Circumstances That Have Led to the Present Scarcity of Grain in Britain, Suggesting the Means of Alleviating the Evil and of Preventing the Recurrence of Such a Calamity in the Future, London: John Cumming.Google Scholar
Cannan, E. (1903) A History of the Theories of Production and Distribution in English Political Economy from 1776 to 1848, 2nd edn, London: P. S. King & Son.Google Scholar
Carey, H. C. (1837–1840) Principles of Political Economy, 3 vols., Philadelphia: Carey.Google Scholar
Chalmers, T. (1832) On Political Economy in Connexion with the Moral State and Moral Prospects of Society, Glasgow: William Collins.Google Scholar
Harrod, R. F. (1948) Towards a Dynamic Economics, London: Macmillan.Google Scholar
Malthus, T. R. (1798) An Essay on the Principle of Population, London: J. Johnson (2nd edn 1803).Google Scholar
Malthus, T. R. (1814) Observation on the Effects of the Corn Laws, and of a Rise or Fall in the Price of Corn on the Agriculture and General Wealth of the Country, London: J. Johnson and Co.Google Scholar
McCulloch, J. R. (1828) as editor, of Smith, A., An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, 4 vols., London-Edinburg: Adam Black.Google Scholar
Mill, J. S. (1821) Elements of Political Economy, London: Baldwin.Google Scholar
Mill, J. S. (1848) Principles of Political Economy, with Some of Their Applications to Social Philosophy, London: John W. Parker.Google Scholar
Mitchell, B. R. (1962) with the collaboration of Deane, Phyllis, Abstract of British Historical Statistics, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.Google Scholar
Pasinetti, L. L. (1959) ‘On Concepts and Measures of Changes in Productivity’, The Review of Economics and Statistics, 41.3, pp. 270–82.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Pasinetti, L. L. (1960) ‘A Mathematical Formulation of the Ricardian System’, The Review of Economic Studies, 27.2, pp. 7898.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Pasinetti, L. L. (1993) Structural Economic Dynamics: A Theory of the Economic Consequences of Human Learning, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Pasinetti, L. L. (1996) ‘Das Vermächtnis der politisch-ökonomischen Pamphlete von 1815’ in Schefold, B. (ed.) Vademecum zu den Klassikern der Differentialrenten Theorie – Die «Corn-Law Pamphlets» von 1815, Düsseldorf: Verlag Wirtschaft und Finanzen GMBH ein Unternehmen der Verlagsgruppe Handelsblatt, pp. 4162.Google Scholar
Pasinetti, L. L. (1999) ‘Economic Theory and Technical Progress’ (given as the Economic Issues Lecture to the Royal Economic Society Annual Conference, Nottingham, England, 31 March 1999), Economic Issues, 4.2, pp. 118.Google Scholar
Pasinetti, L. L. (2000) ‘Critique of the Neoclassical Theory of Growth and Distribution’, B.N.L. Quarterly Review, 53.215, pp. 383431.Google Scholar
Pasinetti, L. L. et al. (1966) ‘Paradoxes in Capital Theory: A Symposium’, ed. by Samuelson, P.A., The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 80.4, pp. 503–17.Google Scholar
Ricardo, D. (1817) On the Principles of Political Economy and Taxation, London: John Murray.Google Scholar
Robbins, L. (1932) An Essay on the Nature and Significance of Economic Science, London: Macmillan.Google Scholar
Schumpeter, J. A. (1954) History of Economic Analysis, New York: Oxford University Press.Google Scholar
Solow, R. M. (1957) ‘Technical Change and the Aggregate Production Function’, Review of Economics and Statistics, 39.3, pp. 312–20.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Solow, R. M. (2000) ‘The Neoclassical Theory of Growth and Distribution’, B.N.L. Quarterly Review, 53.215, pp. 349–81.Google Scholar
Sraffa, P. (1954) ‘Note on “Essay on Profits”’, in The Works Correspondence of David Ricardo’; ed. by Sraffa, P. with the collaboration of Dobb, M.H., vol. IV, Pamphlets and Papers 1815–1823, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 38.Google Scholar
West, E. (1826) Price of Corn and Wages of Labour, with Observations upon Mr. Smith's, Mr. Ricardo's and Mr. Malthus's Doctrines, London: J. Hatchard and Son.Google Scholar
Anderson, J. (1777a) Observations on the Means of Exciting a Spirit of National Industry; Chiefly Intended to Promote the Agriculture, Commerce, Manufactures and Fisheries of Scotland, Edinburgh: T. Cadell-C.Elliot.Google Scholar
Anderson, J. (1777b) An Enquiry into the Nature of the Corn Laws, with a View to the New Corn Bill Proposed for Scotland, Edinburgh: Mundell.Google Scholar
Anderson, J. (1801) A Calm Investigation of the Circumstances That Have Led to the Present Scarcity of Grain in Britain, Suggesting the Means of Alleviating the Evil and of Preventing the Recurrence of Such a Calamity in the Future, London: John Cumming.Google Scholar
Cannan, E. (1903) A History of the Theories of Production and Distribution in English Political Economy from 1776 to 1848, 2nd edn, London: P. S. King & Son.Google Scholar
Carey, H. C. (1837–1840) Principles of Political Economy, 3 vols., Philadelphia: Carey.Google Scholar
Chalmers, T. (1832) On Political Economy in Connexion with the Moral State and Moral Prospects of Society, Glasgow: William Collins.Google Scholar
Harrod, R. F. (1948) Towards a Dynamic Economics, London: Macmillan.Google Scholar
Malthus, T. R. (1798) An Essay on the Principle of Population, London: J. Johnson (2nd edn 1803).Google Scholar
Malthus, T. R. (1814) Observation on the Effects of the Corn Laws, and of a Rise or Fall in the Price of Corn on the Agriculture and General Wealth of the Country, London: J. Johnson and Co.Google Scholar
McCulloch, J. R. (1828) as editor, of Smith, A., An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, 4 vols., London-Edinburg: Adam Black.Google Scholar
Mill, J. S. (1821) Elements of Political Economy, London: Baldwin.Google Scholar
Mill, J. S. (1848) Principles of Political Economy, with Some of Their Applications to Social Philosophy, London: John W. Parker.Google Scholar
Mitchell, B. R. (1962) with the collaboration of Deane, Phyllis, Abstract of British Historical Statistics, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.Google Scholar
Pasinetti, L. L. (1959) ‘On Concepts and Measures of Changes in Productivity’, The Review of Economics and Statistics, 41.3, pp. 270–82.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Pasinetti, L. L. (1960) ‘A Mathematical Formulation of the Ricardian System’, The Review of Economic Studies, 27.2, pp. 7898.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Pasinetti, L. L. (1993) Structural Economic Dynamics: A Theory of the Economic Consequences of Human Learning, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Pasinetti, L. L. (1996) ‘Das Vermächtnis der politisch-ökonomischen Pamphlete von 1815’ in Schefold, B. (ed.) Vademecum zu den Klassikern der Differentialrenten Theorie – Die «Corn-Law Pamphlets» von 1815, Düsseldorf: Verlag Wirtschaft und Finanzen GMBH ein Unternehmen der Verlagsgruppe Handelsblatt, pp. 4162.Google Scholar
Pasinetti, L. L. (1999) ‘Economic Theory and Technical Progress’ (given as the Economic Issues Lecture to the Royal Economic Society Annual Conference, Nottingham, England, 31 March 1999), Economic Issues, 4.2, pp. 118.Google Scholar
Pasinetti, L. L. (2000) ‘Critique of the Neoclassical Theory of Growth and Distribution’, B.N.L. Quarterly Review, 53.215, pp. 383431.Google Scholar
Pasinetti, L. L. et al. (1966) ‘Paradoxes in Capital Theory: A Symposium’, ed. by Samuelson, P.A., The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 80.4, pp. 503–17.Google Scholar
Ricardo, D. (1817) On the Principles of Political Economy and Taxation, London: John Murray.Google Scholar
Robbins, L. (1932) An Essay on the Nature and Significance of Economic Science, London: Macmillan.Google Scholar
Schumpeter, J. A. (1954) History of Economic Analysis, New York: Oxford University Press.Google Scholar
Solow, R. M. (1957) ‘Technical Change and the Aggregate Production Function’, Review of Economics and Statistics, 39.3, pp. 312–20.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Solow, R. M. (2000) ‘The Neoclassical Theory of Growth and Distribution’, B.N.L. Quarterly Review, 53.215, pp. 349–81.Google Scholar
Sraffa, P. (1954) ‘Note on “Essay on Profits”’, in The Works Correspondence of David Ricardo’; ed. by Sraffa, P. with the collaboration of Dobb, M.H., vol. IV, Pamphlets and Papers 1815–1823, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 38.Google Scholar
West, E. (1826) Price of Corn and Wages of Labour, with Observations upon Mr. Smith's, Mr. Ricardo's and Mr. Malthus's Doctrines, London: J. Hatchard and Son.Google Scholar

Other References

Anderson, J. (1777a) Observations on the Means of Exciting a Spirit of National Industry; Chiefly Intended to Promote the Agriculture, Commerce, Manufactures and Fisheries of Scotland, Edinburgh: T. Cadell-C.Elliot.Google Scholar
Anderson, J. (1777b) An Enquiry into the Nature of the Corn Laws, with a View to the New Corn Bill Proposed for Scotland, Edinburgh: Mundell.Google Scholar
Anderson, J. (1801) A Calm Investigation of the Circumstances That Have Led to the Present Scarcity of Grain in Britain, Suggesting the Means of Alleviating the Evil and of Preventing the Recurrence of Such a Calamity in the Future, London: John Cumming.Google Scholar
Cannan, E. (1903) A History of the Theories of Production and Distribution in English Political Economy from 1776 to 1848, 2nd edn, London: P. S. King & Son.Google Scholar
Carey, H. C. (1837–1840) Principles of Political Economy, 3 vols., Philadelphia: Carey.Google Scholar
Chalmers, T. (1832) On Political Economy in Connexion with the Moral State and Moral Prospects of Society, Glasgow: William Collins.Google Scholar
Harrod, R. F. (1948) Towards a Dynamic Economics, London: Macmillan.Google Scholar
Malthus, T. R. (1798) An Essay on the Principle of Population, London: J. Johnson (2nd edn 1803).Google Scholar
Malthus, T. R. (1814) Observation on the Effects of the Corn Laws, and of a Rise or Fall in the Price of Corn on the Agriculture and General Wealth of the Country, London: J. Johnson and Co.Google Scholar
McCulloch, J. R. (1828) as editor, of Smith, A., An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, 4 vols., London-Edinburg: Adam Black.Google Scholar
Mill, J. S. (1821) Elements of Political Economy, London: Baldwin.Google Scholar
Mill, J. S. (1848) Principles of Political Economy, with Some of Their Applications to Social Philosophy, London: John W. Parker.Google Scholar
Mitchell, B. R. (1962) with the collaboration of Deane, Phyllis, Abstract of British Historical Statistics, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.Google Scholar
Pasinetti, L. L. (1959) ‘On Concepts and Measures of Changes in Productivity’, The Review of Economics and Statistics, 41.3, pp. 270–82.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Pasinetti, L. L. (1960) ‘A Mathematical Formulation of the Ricardian System’, The Review of Economic Studies, 27.2, pp. 7898.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Pasinetti, L. L. (1993) Structural Economic Dynamics: A Theory of the Economic Consequences of Human Learning, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Pasinetti, L. L. (1996) ‘Das Vermächtnis der politisch-ökonomischen Pamphlete von 1815’ in Schefold, B. (ed.) Vademecum zu den Klassikern der Differentialrenten Theorie – Die «Corn-Law Pamphlets» von 1815, Düsseldorf: Verlag Wirtschaft und Finanzen GMBH ein Unternehmen der Verlagsgruppe Handelsblatt, pp. 4162.Google Scholar
Pasinetti, L. L. (1999) ‘Economic Theory and Technical Progress’ (given as the Economic Issues Lecture to the Royal Economic Society Annual Conference, Nottingham, England, 31 March 1999), Economic Issues, 4.2, pp. 118.Google Scholar
Pasinetti, L. L. (2000) ‘Critique of the Neoclassical Theory of Growth and Distribution’, B.N.L. Quarterly Review, 53.215, pp. 383431.Google Scholar
Pasinetti, L. L. et al. (1966) ‘Paradoxes in Capital Theory: A Symposium’, ed. by Samuelson, P.A., The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 80.4, pp. 503–17.Google Scholar
Ricardo, D. (1817) On the Principles of Political Economy and Taxation, London: John Murray.Google Scholar
Robbins, L. (1932) An Essay on the Nature and Significance of Economic Science, London: Macmillan.Google Scholar
Schumpeter, J. A. (1954) History of Economic Analysis, New York: Oxford University Press.Google Scholar
Solow, R. M. (1957) ‘Technical Change and the Aggregate Production Function’, Review of Economics and Statistics, 39.3, pp. 312–20.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Solow, R. M. (2000) ‘The Neoclassical Theory of Growth and Distribution’, B.N.L. Quarterly Review, 53.215, pp. 349–81.Google Scholar
Sraffa, P. (1954) ‘Note on “Essay on Profits”’, in The Works Correspondence of David Ricardo’; ed. by Sraffa, P. with the collaboration of Dobb, M.H., vol. IV, Pamphlets and Papers 1815–1823, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 38.Google Scholar
West, E. (1826) Price of Corn and Wages of Labour, with Observations upon Mr. Smith's, Mr. Ricardo's and Mr. Malthus's Doctrines, London: J. Hatchard and Son.Google Scholar

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