Nassau William Senior Quotes

A collection of quotes by Nassau William Senior.

Nassau William Senior (1790-1864) was a British economist and government official. He played a significant role in shaping economic policies during the 19th century. Senior served as a professor of political economy at the University of Oxford and was a prominent member of the Political Economy Club. He advocated for free trade and was known for his work on wages, population, and taxation. Senior also held various government positions, including Commissioner of Poor Laws and a member of the Poor Law Commission. His contributions to economic theory and policy continue to influence the field to this day.

The confounding Political Economy with the Sciences and Arts

The confounding Political Economy with the Sciences and Arts to which it is subservient, has been one of the principal obstacles to its improvement.

Nassau William Senior

We propose in the following Treatise to give an outline of t

We propose in the following Treatise to give an outline of the Science which treats of the Nature, the Production, and the Distribution of Wealth. To that Science we give the name of Political Economy.

Nassau William Senior

Nature Science Wealth

But that the reasoning from these facts, the drawing from th

But that the reasoning from these facts, the drawing from them correct conclusions, is a matter of great difficulty, may be inferred from the imperfect state in which the Science is now found after it has been so long and so intensely studied.

Nassau William Senior

The time I trust will come, perhaps within the lives of some

The time I trust will come, perhaps within the lives of some of us, when the outline of this science will be clearly made out and generally recognised, when its nomenclature will be fixed, and its principles form a part of elementary instruction.

Nassau William Senior

With respect to the first of these obstacles, it has often b

With respect to the first of these obstacles, it has often been made a matter of grave complaint against Political Economists, that they confine their attention to Wealth, and disregard all consideration of Happiness or Virtue.

Nassau William Senior