328 Pages
by
Routledge
328 Pages
by
Routledge
328 Pages
by
Routledge
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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.
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
Biography
William Letwin