Based on a three-year course prepared by Leon MacLaren for the School of Economic Science in London in the late 1960s, this book reassesses the first principles of economics. Leon MacLaren (1910-1994) was a barrister, politician, philosopher, and the founder of the School of Economic Science. In his view, science is a study of laws that exist in nature, while economics is a study of the humanities with the interaction between human nature and the natural universe at its heart. With original subject matter from his economic course and introducing more recent examples and statistics from Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the UK, and the United States, the study examines the major characteristics of the modern economy-such as banking, taxation, and international trade-and considers the role of the government in economic affairs. It concludes with an examination of society's structure as a whole, the part economic activity plays in the bigger picture, and the social and cultural influences that shape the production and distribution of wealth.

About the Author
Raymond Makewell has worked in Australia, Europe, the United States and the Middle East. He held senior roles in the design of new technologies for banks by multinational companies. Makewell has run public courses based on the economic teaching of Leon MacLaren for many years. Taking an economics degree, he found that what was taught about how people and business behaved was completely unlike his observations of 40 years of business experience. Economics was being considered devoid of history, politics and ethics. There was very little available that presented a comprehensive, cogent, alternative view. This book has been written to address that gap.


Book Information
ISBN 9780856832918
Author Raymond Makewell
Format Paperback
Page Count 284
Imprint Shepheard-Walwyn (Publishers) Ltd
Publisher Shepheard-Walwyn (Publishers) Ltd
Weight(grams) 454g
Dimensions(mm) 235mm * 159mm * 23mm