Land

David Reisman

Chapter 8 in The Economics of Alfred Marshall, 1986, pp 176-196 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract The classical economists were concerned about rising population and rising rents and about the fact that ‘as bread grew dearer, cultivation was creeping up the hillsides’.1 Alfred Marshall shared their concern: ‘The growth of population, if not checked by other causes, must ultimately be checked by the difficulty of obtaining raw produce.’2 It is with that difficulty that we are concerned in this chapter — which is, therefore, yet another demonstration of Marshall’s debt to his English forebears and yet another illustration of continuity in economic thinking.

Keywords: House Rent; Real Cost; Classical Economist; Normal Profit; External Economy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1986
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-08515-6_8

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