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    The Function of Economics
    The Function of Economics
    The Function of Economics
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    The Function of Economics

    By Leon Maclaren

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    The transcript of a lecture delivered at the Royal Society of Arts, London on 23rd July 1952 by Leon MacLaren


    ‘Is any study simpler than economics? A child could grasp it…… The book of economics lies open before us. Its language is simple and its message clear. We may read it, not in any library but in our daily lives and in our essential relations with nature and each other. Let us look at it together. Lend me your imaginations so that our sight may be insight and our seeing understanding’.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherThe School of Philosophy and Economic Science.
    Release dateSep 16, 2022
    ISBN9781838058333
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      The Function of Economics - Leon Maclaren

      THE FUNCTION OF ECONOMICS

      The transcript of a lecture delivered at the Royal Society of Arts, London on 23rd July 1952 by

      LEON MACLAREN

      Published by the School of Philosophy and Economic Science.

      11 Mandeville Place London W1U 3AJ

      ISBN 9781838058326 © Copyright Reserved

      Registered Charity Numbers 313115 and SC039950

      Ladies and Gentlemen,

      Is any study simpler than economics? A child could grasp it. Our difficulties arise, stream and flow from the superstitions and prejudices with which we surround it.

      Economics is simple

      The Divine Wisdom which inspires all life and form makes this branch of learning easy to follow. Were this not true, we could despair of human progress. A knowledge of economics is essential to good government; and as men are best governed who govern themselves, a general knowledge of economics is necessary to good government.

      A voter who votes in ignorance forges the chains which bind him. All who conduct business in ignorance inflict the injustices they suffer and are confounded by the confusion they cause. If the knowledge necessary to good government were vouchsafed only to a few, uniquely gifted to follow it, there would be no end to injustice and confusion. But this is not so.

      The book of economics lies open before us. Its language is simple and its message clear. We may read it, not in any library but in our daily lives and in our essential relations with nature and each other. Let us look at it

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