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A Defence of Usury: Shewing the Impolicy of the Present Legal Restraints on the Terms of Pecuniary Bargains, in a Series of Letters to a Friend (Cambridge Library Collection - Philosophy)
A Defence of Usury Shewing the Impolicy of the Present Legal Restraints on the Terms of Pecuniary Bargains in a Series of Letters to a Friend - Cambridge Library Collection - Philosophy
Author: Jeremy Bentham
The utilitarian philosopher and jurist Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832) argues in this collection of letters for the cessation of government control of the rate of interest. The work first appeared in 1787 and is reissued here in the version published in Dublin in 1788. The final letter, addressed to Adam Smith, is a response to Smith's Wealth of Nati...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781108066945
ISBN-10: 1108066941
Publication Date: 3/20/2014
Pages: 246
Edition: 1
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Book Type: Paperback
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