Carey, Henry Charles

Pa., 1793-1879. Son of M. Carey, infra. One of the foremost of American political economists, who advocated protection as a preliminary step toward ultimate free trade. He opposed such theorists as Malthus and Ricardo, holding that human progre depends upon succe in subjugating nature; that land values depend upon labour; and that the social well-being is directly dependent upon existing conditions. Principles of Political Economy; The Credit System; The Principles of Social Science; Lectures on the Currency; Letters on Political Economy; Letters on International Copyright; Financial Crises; The Unity of Law, comprise his chief works. See All i bone’s Dictionary; Memoir by Elder; Gro ’s Sketches of Contemporaries. Bai. Lip.