Anticipating The Wealth of Nations : The Selected Works of Anders Chydenius, 1729-1803

ISBN-13: 9780415551335 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 382 str.

Anders Chydenius; Maren Jonasson; Pertti Hyttinen

Opis

Anders Chydenius (1729 - 1803) was a contemporary of Adam Smith and a leading classical liberal in Nordic history. Chydenius wrote a remarkable essay containing a very clear exposition of the basic principles of economic liberalism and there can be very little doubt that it would have been a paper of great international fame if it had been published in English at the time he wrote it. In the essay Chydenius comes very close to expressing the famous Smithian metaphor of the invisible hand. This volume brings together Chydenius' contributions to the history of economic thought for the first time. With a biography from Juha Manninen and editorial contributions from academics such as Gustav Bjorkstrand and Bo Lindberg, Routledge are proud to present this valuable work which will doubtless be of great interest to historians of economic thought across the globe.

Recenzje

'Anders Chydenius (1729-1803) has sometimes been called "Scandinavia's Adam Smith" for his publications in the 1760s. Until now it has been impossible to non-Swedish readers to judge whether this is a reasonable epithet. This collection of Chydenius's writings provides the answer.' - Bo Sandelin, University of Gothenburg, Sweden

Spis treści

Anders Chydenius' Life and Work: An Introduction Lars Magnusson.  The Selected Works of Anders Chydenius Commented by Lars Magnusson  Part 1: Tumultuous Dit of 1765-6  1. Answer to the Question Prescribed by the Royal Academy of Sciences: What may be the Cause of so Many People Annually Emigrating from this Country? And by what Measures may it best be Prevented? (1765)  2. The Source of Our Country's Weakness (1765)  3. The National Gain (1765)  4. A Remedy for the Country, by Means of a Natural System of Finance (1766)  Part 2: Pioneering Freedom of Information  5. Memorial on the Freedom of Printing (1765)  6. Report of the Third Committee of the Grand Joint Committee of the Honourable Estates of the Realm on the Freedom of Writing and Printting, submitted at the Diet in Stockholm on 18 December 1765  7. Additional Report of the Third Committee of the Grand Joint Committee of the Honourable Estates of the Realm on the Freedom of Printing, submitted at the Diet in Stockholm on 21 April 1766  Part 3: Radical Rector of Kokkola  8. Answer to the Question posed by The Society of Arts and Sciences at Gothenburg: Whether Rural Trade is Generally Useful or Harmful to a Country, and to what Extent it Contributes to the Promotion or Decline of Industry (1777)  9. Thoughts Concerning the Natural Rights of Masters and Servants (1778)  10. Memorial, Regarding Freedom of Religion (1779)  Part 4: Autobiography of Anders Chydenius  11. Autobiography submitted to the Society of Arts and Sciences in Gothenburg (1780).  Appendix 1: Monetary terms.  Appendix 2: Measurements and Weights