A new theory of value the Canadian economics of H.A. Innis.

Continuing problems in the Canadian economy have been the occasion of a partisan debate between nationalists and continentalists, both of whom claim the staples thesis to be the premise of their proposed solutions. As one of the principal progenitors of that premise Harold Innis contributed much to...

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Main Author: Neill, Robin
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: [Toronto], [Buffalo] University of Toronto Press [1972]
Series:Canadian university paperbooks ; 120.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • 1. Harold Adams Innis
  • 2. Innis at Chicago: values and economic growth
  • 3. The historical case: Canada
  • 4. The theory of economic growth
  • 5. The problem of values in the Canadian case
  • 6. The role of values in economic growth
  • 7. The role of values in the nature and history of social science
  • 8. Values in the nature and history of civilization
  • 9. The place of Innis in the history of economics
  • 10. The place of Innis in Canadian economics
  • Bibliography
  • Appendix. Two unpublished papers.