Thomas Edward Cliffe Leslie | |
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 T. E. Cliffe Leslie | |
| Born | 21 June 1825 |
| Died | 27 January 1882 (aged 55) |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Academic career | |
| Field | Political Economy |
| School or tradition | English historical school |
Thomas Edward Cliffe Leslie (21 June 1825[1] – 27 January 1882) was an Irish jurist and economist. He was professor of jurisprudence and political economy in Queen's College, Belfast, noted for challenging the Wages-Fund doctrine[2] and for addressing contemporary agrarian policy questions. A critic of Ricardian orthodoxy, he said that it had sidelined consumer behaviour and demand. He developed the idea of consumer sovereignty, but insisted that the analysis of demand should be based on historical and comparative institutional work.
- ^ King William's College Register, ENTRANCES IN NOVEMBER 1837.
- ^ "Political economy and the rate of wages", Fraser's Magazine, July 1868. Cf. W. S. Jevons, Second Preface, The Theory of Political Economy London, Macmillan (1888)