The Origins of Scientific EconomicsThis 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. |
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The Origins of Scientific Economics: English Economic Thought 1660-1776 William Letwin No preview available - 1963 |
The Origins of Scientific Economics: English Economic Thought 1660-1776 William Letwin No preview available - 1963 |
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