ABSTRACT
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.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|75 pages
The Old Style
chapter Chapter 1|45 pages
Sir Josiah Child, Merchant Economist
chapter Chapter 2|28 pages
Nicholas Barbon, Projector
part II|128 pages
The New Style
chapter Chapter 3|20 pages
Science and Objectivity in the Seventeenth Century
chapter Chapter 4|15 pages
John Collins; Mathematics and Economics
chapter Chapter 5|33 pages
Sir William Petty; Political Arithmetic
chapter Chapter 6|35 pages
John Locke: Philosopher as Economist
chapter Chapter 7|23 pages
Sir Dudley North; a Deductive Theory
part III|24 pages
The Legacy
