Thomas E. Cliffe Leslie, 1825-1882

Belfast intellectual and economic historian.  Cliffe Leslie was one of the leading figures of the English Historical School and a virulent critic of  Classical Ricardian theory.  Cliffe Leslie's primary criticism was that it had sidelined consumer behavior and demand. He developed the idea of "consumer sovereignty", but insisted that the analysis of demand should be couched in historical and institutional terms. His heavy-handed criticism of the deductive methods of the Ricardians did not go unnoticed.

Major Works of Thomas E. Cliffe Leslie

• The Military Systems of Europe economically considered. 1856.
• Land Systems and industrial economy of Ireland, England and continental countries, 1860.
• "The Love of Money", 1862.
• "The Political Economy of Adam Smith", 1870, Fortnightly Review
• Land Systems, 1870.
• "History of German Political Economy", 1875, Fortnightly Review
• The Land System of France, 1876.
• "On the Philosophical Method of Political Economy", 1876, Hermathena
• "Political Economy and Sociology", 1879, Fortnightly Review
• Essays in Political and Moral Philosophy , 1879.
• "Political Economy in the United States", 1880, Fortnightly Review
• "The Irish Land Question", 1881, Appletons' Journal (originally, Fraser's Magazine)
• Essays in Political Economy. 1888.

•   Cliffe Leslie Page at McMaster
•   Cliffe Leslie Page at Akamac