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{{Short description|English economist}} |
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| caption = Richard Jones |
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| birth_date = 1790 |
| birth_date = 1790 |
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| birth_place = [[Tunbridge Wells]] |
| birth_place = [[Tunbridge Wells]] |
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| death_date = 20 January 1855 |
| death_date = 20 January 1855 |
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| death_place = [[Hertford Heath]] |
| death_place = [[Hertford Heath]] |
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| nationality = English |
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| field = [[Political Economy]] |
| field = [[Political Economy]] |
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'''Richard Jones''' (1790 – 20 January 1855)<ref>William Whewell, "Prefatory Note", ''Literary remains, consisting of [[ |
'''Richard Jones''' (1790, [[Royal Tunbridge Wells|Tunbridge Wells]] – 20 January 1855, [[Hertford Heath]])<ref>William Whewell, "Prefatory Note", ''Literary remains, consisting of [[lectures]] and [[tract (literature)|tract]]s on political economy of the late Rev. Richard Jones,'' ed. William Whewell, London: John Murray, 1859, p. xl.</ref> was an English economist who criticised the theoretical views of [[David Ricardo]] and [[T. R. Malthus]] on [[economic rent]] and [[population]]. |
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==Life== |
==Life== |
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In 1833 Jones was appointed professor of political economy at [[King's College London]], resigning this post in 1835 to succeed [[T. R. Malthus]] in the chair of political economy and history at the [[East India College]] at Haileybury. |
In 1833 Jones was appointed professor of political economy at [[King's College London]], resigning this post in 1835 to succeed [[T. R. Malthus]] in the chair of political economy and history at the [[East India College]] at Haileybury. |
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Along with [[Charles Babbage]], [[Adolphe Quetelet]], [[William Whewell]] and [[Thomas Malthus]], Jones was instrumental in founding the Statistical Society of London (later "[[Royal Statistical Society]]") in 1834. This was an outgrowth of the Statistical Section of the [[British Association for the Advancement of Science]].<ref>Denis Patrick O'Brien, ''The classical economists revisited'' |
Along with [[Charles Babbage]], [[Adolphe Quetelet]], [[William Whewell]] and [[Thomas Malthus]], Jones was instrumental in founding the Statistical Society of London (later "[[Royal Statistical Society]]") in 1834. This was an outgrowth of the Statistical Section of the [[British Association for the Advancement of Science]].<ref>Denis Patrick O'Brien, ''The classical economists revisited,'' Princeton University Press (2004) ISBN 0-691-11939-2</ref> |
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Jones took an active part in the [[Tithe Commutation Act 1836]] and was a tithe commissioner to 1851. |
Jones took an active part in the [[Tithe Commutation Act 1836]] and was a tithe commissioner to 1851. He was for some time, also, a [[charities|charity]] commissioner. He died at Haileybury, shortly after he had resigned his professorship. |
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==Work== |
==Work== |
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In 1831 Jones published his ''Essay on the Distribution of Wealth and on the Sources of Taxation'', his major work. In it he showed himself a critic of the [[David Ricardo|Ricardian]] system. |
In 1831 Jones published his ''Essay on the Distribution of Wealth and on the Sources of Taxation'', his major work. In it he showed himself a thorough-going critic of the [[David Ricardo|Ricardian]] system. |
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Jones's method |
Jones's method is [[inductive reasoning|inductive]]; his conclusions are founded on a wide observation of contemporary facts, aided by the study of history. The world he professed to study was not an imaginary world, inhabited by abstract "economic men," but the real world with the different forms which the ownership and cultivation of land, and, in general, the conditions of production and distribution, assume at different times and places. His recognition of such different systems of life in communities occupying different stages in the progress of civilization led to his proposal of what he called a "political economy of nations." This was a protest against the practice of taking the exceptional state of facts which exists, and is indeed only partially realized, in a small corner of our [[planet]] as representing the uniform type of human societies, and ignoring the effects of the early history and special development of each community as influencing its economic phenomena. |
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While respecting Malthus in esteem, Jones declines to accept that an increase of the means of subsistence is necessarily followed by an increase of population. He maintained that with the growth of population, in all well-governed and prosperous states, the command over food, instead of diminishing, increases. |
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==Major publications== |
==Major publications== |
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* [http://books.google.com/books?id=986txrcU_6YC&dq=%22An+Essay+on+the+Distribution+of+Wealth+and+on+the+Sources+of+Taxation%22&source=gbs_summary_s&cad=0 ''An Essay on the Distribution of Wealth and on the Sources of Taxation'' London, John Murray, 1831.] Reprinted, Kessinger (2008). ISBN 1-4370-0017-7 |
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* ''[https://archive.org/details/peasantrentsbein00jonerich Peasant rents : being the first half of an essay on the distribution of wealth and on the sources of taxation]'' (1831) |
* ''[https://archive.org/details/peasantrentsbein00jonerich Peasant rents : being the first half of an essay on the distribution of wealth and on the sources of taxation]'' (1831) |
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* [http://books.google.com/books?dq=%2B%22Richard+Jones%22+%2B%22An+Introductory+Lecture+on+Political+Economy%22&pg=PP1&id=tJMqe3jScywC&ots=snpDAyZUb7#PPP1,M1 ''An Introductory Lecture on Political Economy'', London, John Murray, 1833]. |
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* ''[https://archive.org/details/remarksongovernm00jone Remarks on the government bill for the commutation of tithe]'' (1836) |
* ''[https://archive.org/details/remarksongovernm00jone Remarks on the government bill for the commutation of tithe]'' (1836) |
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⚫ | * [http://books.google.com/books?id=7lkBAAAAQAAJ&dq=%22Richard+Jones%22+%2BWhewell&printsec=frontcover&source=bl&ots=QDa_Q23VcK&sig=KD5mhiLDfhh-j54MbxxxYHcQBrg&hl=en&ei=qrocSsizKpPgsgPUzfmPCQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1#PPR18,M1 ''Literary remains, consisting of lectures and tracts on political economy of the late Rev. Richard Jones,'' ed. William Whewell. London : John Murray, 1859.] |
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* ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=8cI7AAAAYAAJ Remarks on the Manner in which Tithe Should be Assessed to the Poor's Rate, Under the Existing Law: With a Protest Against the Change which Will be Produced in that Law, by a Bill Introduced Into the House of Commons by Mr. Shaw Lefevre]'' (1838) |
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** ''[https://archive.org/details/literaryremainsc00joneuoft Literary remains, consisting of lectures and tracts on political economy]'' (1859); at Archive.org |
** ''[https://archive.org/details/literaryremainsc00joneuoft Literary remains, consisting of lectures and tracts on political economy]'' (1859); at Archive.org |
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==References== |
==References== |
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| NAME = Jones, Richard |
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION = British economist |
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| DATE OF BIRTH = 1790 |
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| PLACE OF BIRTH = [[Tunbridge Wells]] |
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| DATE OF DEATH = 20 January 1855 |
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| PLACE OF DEATH = [[Hertford Heath]] |
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