The Origins of Scientific Economics: English Economic Thought 1660-1776

ISBN-13: 9780415607223 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 316 str.

William Letwin;?Abar;?Abar

Opis

This book illustrates how the first social science, that of economics, was built. It examines and discusses the work of Josiah Child, Nicholas Barbon, John Collins, William Petty, John Locke and Dudley North and the economic theories of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.

Spis treści

Preface Part 1: The Old Style 1.Sir Josiah Child , Merchant Economist 2.Nicholas Barbon , Projector Part 2: The New Style 3. Science and Objectivity in the Seventeenth Century 4.John Collins ; Mathematics and Economics 5.Sir William Petty ; Political Arithmetic 6.John Locke ; Philosopher as Economist 7.Sir Dudley North ; A Deductive Theory Part 3: The Legacy Economic Theories During The Eighteenth Century

O autorze

William Letwin