Alexander Gray's book is the source of one of my favorite quotes. He 
described Lauderdale's _Inquiry into the Nature and Origin of Public 
Wealth_ as "a book of commendable brevity and few ideas." Absolutely 
lovely line!
Bruce

On 7/18/2011 3:11 PM, gavin wrote:
> Malcolm
>
> And we have the excellent text by the celebrated (at least in Edinburgh by generations of students) Professor Alexander Gray, 1931.  The Development of Economic Doctrine. Longmans, Green and Co.  London.
>
> Gavin Kennedy
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> Everyone should recall that the term “Economic Doctrines” used to be used quite commonly to describe the history of economic thought.  In particular T. W. Hutchison’s Review of Economic Doctrines 1953.
>
> Malcolm Rutherford.


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