Edwin Cannan

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Wealth: A Brief Explanation of the Causes of Economic Welfare

06/15/1948 Edwin Cannan

Wealth has so generally been identified with the subject-matter of economics that we need not hesitate to treat the question, “What is wealth?” as exactly the same question as “What is it most convenient to take as the subject-matter of economics?”

Money: Its Connection with Rising and Falling Prices

07/01/1932 Edwin Cannan

To endeavor to acquire some clear notion of what makes the value of money change has become the duty of all who think themselves capable of expressing useful opinions on economic affairs. The following pages embody an attempt to assist in this task

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