Thomas Edward Cliffe Leslie, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Thomas Edward Cliffe Leslie

Irish jurist and economist

Date of Birth: 21-Jun-1826

Place of Birth: County Wexford, Leinster, Ireland

Date of Death: 27-Jan-1882

Profession: economist

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Thomas Edward Cliffe Leslie (21 June 1825 – 27 January 1882) was an Irish jurist and economist.
He was professor of jurisprudence and political economy in Queen's College, Belfast, noted for challenging the Wages-Fund doctrine and for addressing contemporary agrarian policy questions.
A critic of Ricardian orthodoxy, he said that it had sidelined consumer behaviour and demand.
He developed the idea of consumer sovereignty, but insisted that the analysis of demand should be based on historical and comparative institutional work.