Charles W. Macfarlane, 1852-1931.
Philadelphia businessman, engineer, economist and writer.
Charles William Macfarlane ("F" is lower-case) studied engineering at
Lehigh University, obtaining his degree in 1876. For the next
fifteen years, Macfarlane worked as an engineer and architect. In
1891, already nearing forty, C.W. Macfarlane took up economics, studying
first under Edmund J. James and Simon N.
Patten at the University of
Pennsylvania, before proceeding abroad
to Germany. Macfarlane studied under the Austrian
economist Eugen von Philippovich at the
University of Freiburg, and produced a dissertation on rent to receive
doctorate in 1893. Macfarlane would translate some of
Böhm-Bawerk's works into English, but it is
Macfarlane's 1899 Value and Distribution which made the big
splash with its magisterial, keen (but critical) review of
marginalist
economics.
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Major Works of Charles W. Macfarlane
- Canons of Criticism: An Introduction to the Development of English
Poetry, 1885 [bk,
av]
- The History of the General Doctrine of Rent in German Economics,
1893 [bk]
- "Rent and Profit", 1894, AAPSS,
p.90 [js]
- "A Note on Economic Theory in America Prior to 1776", 1895, AAPSS,
p.124 [js]
- "Pennsylvania Paper Currency", 1896, AAPSS,
p.50 [js]
- Value and Distribution: An Historical, Critical, and Constructive
Study in Economic Theory, 1899 [bk]
[1900 2nd
ed, av]
- "The Three Primary Laws of Social Evolution", 1902, AAPSS (Sep),
p.82 [js]
- The Place of Philosophy and Economics in the curriculum of a modern
university, 1913 [hth]
- Some Observations on the Economic Interpretation of Early Roman
History, 1915 [bk,
av]
- Les Défenses du Sanglier, ou, la lutte pour les mines de Westphalie,
1915 [bk]
- The Economic Basis of an Enduring Peace, 1918 [bk,
av]
- Hugh Campbell, 1930 [hth]
- Science and Literature, 1931 [hth]
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Resources on C.W. Macfarlane
- MacFarlen's brief vita in 1893 book
p.63
- "Review of Macfarlane's Value and Distribution", by Jacob H.
Hollander, 1899, AAPSS,
p.123 [js]
- "Dr MacFarlane on Complementary Goods", by Alfred L. Fish 1900, JPE
[av]
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MacFarlane at online books page at Univ. Pennsylvania
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