The origins of scientific economics : English economic thought 1660-1776 / William Letwin.

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Cover; Half Title Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page; Contents; 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; 8 Economic theories during the eighteenth century; Appendices; I A Bibliography of Sir Josiah Child; II Child's Sources.

III The Great Recoinage: an alternative estimateIV The Authorship of Sir Dudley North's Discourse upon Trade; V John Locke, 'Some of the Consequences that are like to follow upon Lessening of Interest to 4 Percent'; Bibliography; Index.

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.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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