Joseph Lowe (economist)
Joseph Lowe (fl. 1800–1830) was a Scottish journalist and political economist.
Life
He was from Brechin[1] and a friend of James Mill. He was appointed lecturer in Commerce at King's College, London, around 1830.[2] According to Mill's biographer Alexander Bain, Lowe was partly dependent on Mill, and was unable to retain his position.[3]
William Stanley Jevons later found Lowe's pioneer work on index-linked bonds "ingenious".[4] Lowe was a proponent of such bonds during the 1820s, to support and buffer the developing capital market.[5]
Notes
- ^ Barton Swaim (2009). Scottish Men of Letters and the New Public Sphere, 1802 - 1834. Associated University Presse. p. 13. ISBN 978-0-8387-5716-1. Retrieved 17 May 2013.
- ^ The London Literary Gazette and Journal of Belles Lettres, Arts, Sciences, Etc. H. Colburn. 1831. p. 314. Retrieved 17 May 2013.
- ^ Alexander Bain (8 December 2011). James Mill: A Biography. Cambridge University Press. p. 80. ISBN 978-1-108-04080-8. Retrieved 17 May 2013.
- ^ John C. Wood (1988). William Stanley Jevons: critical assessments. Routledge. p. 159. ISBN 978-0-415-00387-2. Retrieved 17 May 2013.
- ^ Robert T. Price (1 January 1997). The Rationale and Design of Inflation-Indexed Bonds (EPub). International Monetary Fund. p. 1990. ISBN 978-1-4527-4425-4. Retrieved 17 May 2013.