Eighteenth Century Economics [Hardcover]

Peter Groenewegen is one of the world's foremost scholars of eighteenth century economics - the era that saw the effective 'mainstreaming' of the discipline in the work of Smith, Turgot and Quesnay. This collection of essays amounts to the definitive guide to eighteenth century economics and is a must for any economist's bookshelves.

Eighteenth Century Economicsrepresents four decades of Peter Groenewegen's research of that period. Presented in chronological order, the essays read not only as an authoritative summary of that period, but also as a guide to the evolution of Groenewegen's writings down the years. There can be no doubt that this book is truly indispensable to any serious economist and will prove a valuable resource for students of the history of economic thought.

Part I: 1. Turgot, Beccaria and Smith  2. Thoughts on the Emergence of Economics as a Science  3. New Light on the Origins of Modern Economics  Part II: 4. Labour and the Classical Economics  5. Boisguilbert and Eighteenth Century Economics  6. The French Connection: Some Case studies of French Influences on British Economics in the Eighteenth Century  7. Employment and Machinery: Two Classical Debates on the Effects of Automation  8. The Notion of the Subsistence Wage in Pre-Smithian Classical Political Economy  9. Sir James Steuart and Richard Cantillon  10. Editing the Classics in the Antipodes with Special Reference to the Problem of Identifying Anonymous Authors  Part III: 11. Laissez Faire: Reflections on the French Foundations  12. The Physiocrats: the Origins of Scientific Economics and the Single Tax  13. Quesnay's First Publication in Economics: the Article Fermierfor the Encyclop?die  14. Du Pont de Nemours on the Origins and Pl#.