On Population.
Malthus: The Principles of Population.
Mr. Malthus’s doctrines are opposed in the following works—
Godwin: On Population (1820).
Sadler: The Law of Population (1830).
Alison: The Principles of Population, and their Connection with Human Happiness (1840).
Doubleday: The True Law of Population shown to be connected with the Food of the People (1854).
Herbert Spencer: The Principles of Biology (vol. ii.).
Rickards: Population and Capital (1854).
Greg: Enigmas of Life (1872).
The Malthusian doctrine is supported wholly or in part by—
Macaulay, in his Essay on Sadler’s Law of Population;
Rev. Thomas Chalmers, in Political Economy in connection with the Moral State and Moral Prospects of Society;
David Ricardo, in Principles of Political Economy; and some other writers. See, also, Roscher’s Political Economy.
On Wealth and Currency.
Adam Smith: An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of Wealth.
Probably the most important book that has ever been written, and certainly the most valuable contribution ever made by a single man towards establishing the principles on which government should be based.—H. T. Buckle.
Jevons: Money and the Mechanism of Exchange.
A. Walker: The Science of Wealth.
F. A. Walker: Money.
Bagehot: Lombard Street; a Description of the Money Market.
Bonamy Price: Principles of Currency.
—— Currency and Banking.
Chevalier: Essay on the Probable Fall in the Value of Gold (translated by Cobden).
Ricardo: Proposals for an Economical Currency.
Poor: Money; its Laws and History.
McCulloch: On Metallic and Paper Money, and Banks.
Newcomb: The A B C of Finance.
Wells: Robinson Crusoe’s Money.
Harvey: Paper Money, the Money of Civilization.
Sumner: History of American Currency.
Maclaren: History of the Currency.
Linderman: Money and Legal Tender of the United States.
Bolles: Financial History of the United States, from 1789 to 1860.
On Banking.