ABSTRACT
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 Cent
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |2 pages
Part I
part |2 pages
Part II
chapter 6|19 pages
The French connection
Some case studies of French influences on British economics in the eighteenth century
chapter 8|23 pages
The notion of the subsistence wage in pre-Smithian classical political economy
Some reflections inspired by the surplus approach
chapter 10|16 pages
Editing the classics in the Antipodes
With special reference to the problem of identifying anonymous authors
part |2 pages
Part III
chapter 13|16 pages
Quesnay’s first publication in economics: the article ‘Fermiers’ for the
The article ‘Fermiers’ for the
chapter 23|8 pages
Productivity of labour, thrift and economic progress
Adam Smith’s optimistic view of economic development