Robert Torrens
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Robert Torrens was a 19th-century Irish-born British economist, politician, and influential early theorist of international trade and comparative advantage.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Robert Torrens canonical | 11 |
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Target entity: Robert Torrens Context triple: [Political Economy Club, notableMember, Robert Torrens]
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David Ricardo
David Ricardo was a prominent 19th-century British political economist known for his theories of comparative advantage, rent, and distribution in classical economics.
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Alfred Marshall
Alfred Marshall was a pioneering British economist whose work helped found neoclassical economics and shaped generations of economic thought, including that of John Maynard Keynes.
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Arthur Cecil Pigou
Arthur Cecil Pigou was a British economist known for his foundational work in welfare economics and the theory of externalities, which strongly shaped modern public economics.
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James Mill
James Mill was a Scottish historian, economist, political theorist, and prominent utilitarian philosopher associated with Jeremy Bentham and the early 19th-century British reform movement.
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John Ramsay McCulloch
John Ramsay McCulloch was a 19th-century Scottish economist and early advocate of classical political economy, known for popularizing and systematizing the ideas of David Ricardo and Adam Smith.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Robert Torrens Target entity description: Robert Torrens was a 19th-century Irish-born British economist, politician, and influential early theorist of international trade and comparative advantage.
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A.
David Ricardo
David Ricardo was a prominent 19th-century British political economist known for his theories of comparative advantage, rent, and distribution in classical economics.
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B.
Alfred Marshall
Alfred Marshall was a pioneering British economist whose work helped found neoclassical economics and shaped generations of economic thought, including that of John Maynard Keynes.
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C.
Arthur Cecil Pigou
Arthur Cecil Pigou was a British economist known for his foundational work in welfare economics and the theory of externalities, which strongly shaped modern public economics.
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D.
James Mill
James Mill was a Scottish historian, economist, political theorist, and prominent utilitarian philosopher associated with Jeremy Bentham and the early 19th-century British reform movement.
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E.
John Ramsay McCulloch
John Ramsay McCulloch was a 19th-century Scottish economist and early advocate of classical political economy, known for popularizing and systematizing the ideas of David Ricardo and Adam Smith.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Member of Parliament
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economist ⓘ human ⓘ politician ⓘ theorist of international trade ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Ireland
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United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1780 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1864 ⓘ |
| describedAs | influential early theorist of international trade and comparative advantage ⓘ |
| employer | British Army ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Irish ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
comparative advantage
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international trade theory ⓘ political economy ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genre | economic treatise ⓘ |
| hasOccupation | colonial theorist ⓘ |
| hasPartIn |
19th-century economic debates on corn laws
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British free-trade movement ⓘ |
| influenced | theory of international trade ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
David Ricardo
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classical political economy ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ |
| militaryRank | lieutenant-colonel ⓘ |
| movement | classical economics ⓘ |
| notableIdea |
defence of unilateral tariff reduction
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early formulation of comparative advantage in trade ⓘ support for free trade ⓘ |
| notableWork |
An Essay on the Production of Wealth
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Essay on the External Corn Trade ⓘ Letters on Commercial Policy ⓘ The Budget: On Commercial and Colonial Policy ⓘ |
| occupation |
army officer
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economist ⓘ politician ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Ireland ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | England ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Member of Parliament for Ashburton
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Member of Parliament for Bolton ⓘ Member of Parliament for Ipswich ⓘ |
| residence |
London, England
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surface form:
London
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| spouse | Charity Chute ⓘ |
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Subject: Robert Torrens Description of subject: Robert Torrens was a 19th-century Irish-born British economist, politician, and influential early theorist of international trade and comparative advantage.
Referenced by (11)
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