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The Relationship between Trade and Foreign Direct Investment: Testing Ahmed Midhat Efendi's Hypothesis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 November 2008

V. Necla Geyikdagi*
Affiliation:
Department of Economics, Yeditepe University, Istanbul, Turkey; e-mail: neclag@yeditepe.edu.tr

Extract

“Jack of all trades” Ahmed Midhat Efendi, one of the most famous and popular Ottoman writers of the 19th century, ranged widely in his subject matter, which included economics. Although he was criticized for not having a proper education in the field, his independent thinking made him the most important critic of the laissez-faire system that prevailed in the Ottoman Empire. He disapproved of the liberalism transferred from the West in a normative framework.

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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2008

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