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Bezig met laden... The Origins of Scientific Economicsdoor William Letwin
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. This book has some (more-or-less) hidden gems: For example, how Josiah Child was special pleading though "he spoke the language of free-trade with the faltering tongue on one first discovering it."(44) Likewise, of Nicholas Barbon, he says the man argued that international trade should be free, stating 'that the prohibition of foreign wares does not necessarily cause a greater consumption of the like sort of English.' But then: "it is only curious that having argued so well for free trade he takes back in his summary much of what he has given before." (59-60) And again, he gives a whole little section of the Barbon chapter to a very interesting discussion of the Restoration Recoinage. (64-75) Another gem: Chapter 3 has a good analysis about the standing of economic writers in the late 17th c. and why many wrote anonymously. He concludes: "As the customary writers on economic matters could not hope to assume the mantle of personal authority and were obliged instead to defend themselves constantly against personal disqualification, to find a form of argument as impersonal as possible was their best hope." geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)330.10942Social sciences Economics Economics TheoryLC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde: Geen beoordelingen.Ben jij dit?Word een LibraryThing Auteur. |