Corporation as common constitution -- The political economy of Sir Thomas Smith -- Richard Hooker's corporate Christians -- The principal navigations, voyages, traffiques, and discoveries of the English corporation -- Dekker and Company -- Shakespeare's thing of nothing -- Francis Bacon's...

"Focusing on the great population movement of British emigrants before 1914, this book provides a new perspective on the relationship between empire and globalisation. It shows how distinct structures of economic opportunity developed around the people who settled across a wider British World...

Preface / Michael R. Strain and Stan A. Veuger -- Aristotle on Economics and the Flourishing Life / Harvey C. Mansfield -- Hobbes, Locke, and the Problems of Political Economy / Peter B. Josephson -- Rousseau on Economic Liberty and Human Flourishing / John T. Scott -- Adam Smith and Human...