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MACLEOD, HENRY DUNNING (1821-1902),

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MACLEOD, See also:HENRY DUNNING (1821-1902), .Scottish economist, was See also:born in See also:Edinburgh, and educated at See also:Eton, Edinburgh University, and Trinity See also:College, See also:Cambridge, where he graduated in 1843. He travelled in See also:Europe, and in 1849 was called to the See also:English See also:bar. He was employed in See also:Scotland on the See also:work of poor-See also:law reform, and devoted himself to the study of See also:economics. In 1856 he published his Theory and Practice of Banking, in 1858 Elements of See also:Political See also:Economy, and in 1859 A See also:Dictionary of Political Economy. In 1873 appeared his Principles of Economist See also:Philosophy, and other books on economics and banking were published later. Between 1868 and 187o he was employed by the See also:government in digesting and codifying the law of bills of See also:exchange.. He died on the 16th of See also:July 1902. Macleod's See also:principal contribution to the study of economics consists in his work on the theory of See also:credit, to which he was the first to give due prominence. For a judicious discussion of the value of Macleod's writings, see an See also:article on " The Revolt against Orthodox Economics " in the Quarterly See also:Review for See also:October 1901 (No. 388).

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