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Joseph Lowe (died 1831) was a Scottish journalist and political economist. He is now known for his pioneer treatment of indexation, and Maurice Kendall called him the generally recognised "father of index numbers".〔M. G. Kendall, ''Studies in the History of Probability and Statistics, XXI. The Early History of Index Numbers'', Revue de l'Institut International de Statistique / Review of the International Statistical Institute Vol. 37, No. 1 (1969), pp. 1–12, at p. 5. Published by: International Statistical Institute (ISI). Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/1402090〕 In the debate on the Corn Laws in 1839, Sir Robert Peel cited the views of Lowe and Thomas Tooke, to argue against imposing a low fixed rate of import duty on corn. ==Life== From Brechin, Lowe attended the University of St Andrews and University of Edinburgh. He then went into business, spending time in the Netherlands from 1792, and then London. Lowe spent a period at Caen in France, from June 1814.〔 From September 1815 he was tutor there to Edward Deas Thomson and his elder brother; Thomson later kept in touch and discussed technology with Lowe. He also employed Nathaniel Morren and others as writers. James Mill was a friend of Lowe from school days, and his son John Stuart Mill visited Lowe in France for some weeks in 1821.〔 Lowe was appointed lecturer in Commerce at King's College, London, around 1830, at the end of his life. According to Mill's biographer Alexander Bain, Lowe was partly dependent on Mill, and was unable to retain his position. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Joseph Lowe (economist)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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