1. Introduction -- 2. Economic ideas before Adam Smith -- 3. Adam Smith -- 4. Thomas Robert Malthus -- 5. David Ricardo -- 6. Rationalistic subjectivism : the economics of Bentham, Say, and Senior -- 7. Political economy of the poor : the ideas of William Thompson and Thomas Hodgskin -- 8. Pure...

The new edition of this classroom classic retains the organizing theme of the original text, presenting the development of thought within the context of economic history. Economic ideas are framed in terms of the spheres of production and circulation, with a critical analysis of how past...