ABSTRACT

Exploring the origins and development of the labour theory of value, Peter Dooley examines its emergence from the natural law philosopher of the sixteenth and seventeenth century and its domination of the classical school of economics. This book will prove to be essential reading for all students of the history of economics.

chapter 1|16 pages

Introduction

chapter 2|17 pages

Sir William Petty

The Father of Political Economy

chapter 3|17 pages

John Locke

The Classical Perspective

chapter 4|13 pages

Richard Cantillon

chapter 5|16 pages

François Quesnay

chapter 6|15 pages

Francis Hutcheson

Adam Smith's Professor

chapter 7|14 pages

David Hume

Adam Smith's Best Friend

chapter 9|26 pages

David Ricardo

chapter 10|23 pages

Karl Marx

The Exploitation of Labour

chapter 12|6 pages

Concluding Points