A Practical Inquiry Into the Nature and Extent of the Present Agricultural Distress, and the Means of Relieving It (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

Thomas Gardiner Bramston

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0267543344 ISBN 13: 9780267543342

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

A practical look at farmers’ distress and practical ways to relieve it, based on careful analysis of 19th‑century prices, rents, and taxes.

In this work, the author examines how changing prices, rent structures, and taxation affected occupiers of land from 1814 to 1821. It explores why rents might need to adjust to a new price reality, how household costs changed, and what policies could ease the burden on tenants and landowners alike.

• Understand how wheat prices, rents, and taxes interact to shape farming profits and family living costs
• See how depreciation of capital and shifting income affected different classes of landowners
• Learn the logic behind possible reform—revising rents, redeeming public debt, and balancing national finance
• Discover the tension between political economy ideas and practical relief for farmers and laborers

Ideal for readers of economic history and 19th‑century agricultural policy, who want a grounded view of the issues and proposed avenues for relief.

Edition details

• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0267543344
• ISBN 13: 9780267543342
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 63