Introduction -- Tooke's contributions -- Tooke's approach to value and distribution -- On Tooke's explanation of agricultural price movements -- An explanation of general price movements -- The monetary thought of the pre-banking school Tooke, 1819-1838 -- The monetary thought of the banking...

Reading the Wealth of Nations and Smith's other writings -- How does Smith achieve a synthesis in writing? -- Nature's dupes : irony and economic agency in Smith's writing -- The political economy of Castle Rackrent : Maria Edgeworth and Adam Smith -- Exemplification strategy in Adam Smith's...

Introduction -- Classicals -- John Locke: a philosopher dedicated to economic thought -- The pamphlets from 1815 : a shining moment for economic theory -- Sismondi's Nouveaux principes d'economie politique : classical liberalism, philanthropy, and the experience of history -- Charles Babbage's...