The origins of scientific economics : English economic thought, 1660-1776 / William Letwin
Material type: TextPublication details: London : Methuen, 1963.Description: x, 316 pages ; 23 cmSubject(s): LOC classification:- HB 103 .A2 L4 1963
Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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BOOKS | Niebyl-Proctor Marxist Library General Stacks | The Karl H. Niebyl Collection | HB 103.A2 L4 1963 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Not For Loan | NPML19110027 |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 301 - 305) and index.
Part I. The Old Style. 1. Sir Josiah Child, merchant economist -- 2. Nicholas Barbon, projector -- Part II. 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 III. The Legacy. 8. Economic theories during the eighteenth century
"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." - from internet
Donation from Karl and Elizabeth Niebyl.
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