"Michael Polanyi is most famous for his work in chemistry and the philosophy of science, but in the 1930s and 1940s he made an important contribution to economics. Drawing on rich archival materials of Polanyi and his correspondents, Gábor Biró explores their competing worldviews and their...

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...

Ill's theory of the taxation of land -- Kant's critique of judgment -- Some neglected points in the theory of socialism -- Böhm-Bawerk's definition of capital and the source of wages -- The food supply and the price of wheat -- Review of the land-systems of British India by B.H. Baden-Powell --...