Granville Sharp: a neglected economist?

G.M. Ditchfield

A chapter in English, Irish and Subversives among the Dismal Scientists, 2010, pp 73-88 from Emerald Group Publishing Limited

Abstract: It is not difficult to understand why theSketcheswould be credited to Sharp. His death four years before the publication of Ricardo'sPrinciplesplaced him within the period under discussion by Seligman. Sharp possessed an extremely wide range of interests and was a prolific writer on a remarkable variety of topics. By 1809 he was a prominent public figure and had produced more than 40 separate works, several of which had reached second or third editions. He had established a reputation as a controversialist and hisoeuvreis certainly consistent with Seligman's generalisation that the ‘greater part of the economic literature’ between 1776 (the year ofThe Wealth of Nations) and 1817 consisted of ‘pamphlets dealing with current practical problems’ (Seligman, 1903, p. 336). Sharp had published on the conditions in West Africa, the illegality of the press-ganging of sailors, parliamentary reform, colonial law, frankpledge, a popular militia and public charities.

Date: 2010
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