| 书目名称 | Shifting Capital | | 副标题 | Mercantilism and the | | 编辑 | Aida Ramos | | 视频video | | | 概述 | Explores mercantilism as a proto-Big Push theory.Analyses the alliance between state and commercial finance.Presents England‘s history of interaction with Scotland to the point of unification.Reviews | | 丛书名称 | Palgrave Studies in the History of Economic Thought | | 图书封面 |  | | 描述 | .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 how that outcome came about. By examining the influence of a particular strain of mercantilist thought, Ramos demonstrates how the negotiations preceding the passage of the Act of Union were shaped by ideas of value, wealth, trade and power, and, accordingly, how the model of positive balance was used to justify the necessity of the Act..Utilizing contemporary evidence from the English and Scottish ministers involved, this book explores alternative arguments regarding the Union, from before 1707 and in early Scottish political economy, thus highlighting the differing economic and political views that have persisted between England and Scotland for centuries. With twenty-first century discontent leading to the Scottish independence referendum and arguments that persist in the wake of the Brexit decision, Ramos produces timely research that investigates ideas of protectionism that feed into mer | | 出版日期 | Book 2018 | | 关键词 | History of capitalism; Act of Union of 1707; Mercantilism; Economic History; History of economic thought | | 版次 | 1 | | doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-96403-4 | | isbn_softcover | 978-3-030-40364-5 | | isbn_ebook | 978-3-319-96403-4Series ISSN 2662-6578 Series E-ISSN 2662-6586 | | issn_series | 2662-6578 | | copyright | The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018 |
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