Joseph Shield Nicholson
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Joseph Shield Nicholson was an English
economist, born at Wrawby
, Lincolnshire
.
He was educated at King's College London
, Edinburgh
, Cambridge
, and Heidelberg
. He was private tutor at Cambridge (1876–80) and became professor
of political economy
at Edinburgh in 1880. His writings represent a compromise between the methods of the historical school of German economics and those of the English deductive school. In his principal work, Principles of Political Economy (three volumes, 1893–1901), he closely follows the great work of John Stuart Mill
in his selection of material, but employs statistical
and historical
discussion instead of the abstract reasoning from simple assumption which characterizes Mill's work. Among his other important writings are:
Nicholson also wrote three romances:
English people
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economist, born at Wrawby
Wrawby
Wrawby is a small village in North Lincolnshire east of Brigg and close to Humberside Airport on the A18. It is most notable for Wrawby Postmill....
, Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire is a county in the east of England. It borders Norfolk to the south east, Cambridgeshire to the south, Rutland to the south west, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire to the west, South Yorkshire to the north west, and the East Riding of Yorkshire to the north. It also borders...
.
He was educated at King's College London
King's College London
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, Edinburgh
University of Edinburgh
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, Cambridge
University of Cambridge
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, and Heidelberg
Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg
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. He was private tutor at Cambridge (1876–80) and became professor
Professor
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of political economy
Political economy
Political economy originally was the term for studying production, buying, and selling, and their relations with law, custom, and government, as well as with the distribution of national income and wealth, including through the budget process. Political economy originated in moral philosophy...
at Edinburgh in 1880. His writings represent a compromise between the methods of the historical school of German economics and those of the English deductive school. In his principal work, Principles of Political Economy (three volumes, 1893–1901), he closely follows the great work of John Stuart Mill
John Stuart Mill
John Stuart Mill was a British philosopher, economist and civil servant. An influential contributor to social theory, political theory, and political economy, his conception of liberty justified the freedom of the individual in opposition to unlimited state control. He was a proponent of...
in his selection of material, but employs statistical
Statistics
Statistics is the study of the collection, organization, analysis, and interpretation of data. It deals with all aspects of this, including the planning of data collection in terms of the design of surveys and experiments....
and historical
History
History is the discovery, collection, organization, and presentation of information about past events. History can also mean the period of time after writing was invented. Scholars who write about history are called historians...
discussion instead of the abstract reasoning from simple assumption which characterizes Mill's work. Among his other important writings are:
- Effects of Machinery on Wages (1878)
- Tenant's Gain not Landlord's Loss (1883)
- The Silver Question (1886)
- Money and Monetary Problems (1888)
- Historical Progress and Ideal Socialism (1894)
- Strikes and Social Problems (1896)
- Elements of Political Economy (1903)
- History of the English Corn LawsCorn LawsThe Corn Laws were trade barriers designed to protect cereal producers in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland against competition from less expensive foreign imports between 1815 and 1846. The barriers were introduced by the Importation Act 1815 and repealed by the Importation Act 1846...
(1904) - Rates and Taxes (1905)
- Rents, Wages, and Profits in Agriculture and Rural Depopulation (1906)
- A Project of Empire (1909)
- Tales from Ariosto (1913)
- Life and Genius of Ariosto (1914)
Nicholson also wrote three romances:
- A Dreamer of Dreams (1889)
- Thoth (1888)
- Toxar (1890)