"In the aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars Britain found itself faced with a stagnant economy. Economist David Ricardo believed that the full re-integration of Britain into the world market would allow for both capital accumulation and population growth, and used arguments that anticipate ideas...

1. Accumulation of capital / Enrico Bellino -- 2. Belsham, Thomas, and Ricardo / Sergio Cremaschi -- 3. Bentham Jeremy and Ricardo / Nathalie Sigot -- 4. Blaug, Mark, on Ricardo / Roger Backhouse -- 5. Böhm-Bawerk, Eugen von, on Ricardo / Heinz D Kurz -- 6. Bortkiewicz, Ladislaus von, on...

"Drawing in particular on the work of Sraffa, Smith, Ricardo and Marx, the essays in this volume explore the characteristic features of the Classical economists' approach to economic problems, and the renewal of interest in that approach in modern times. In recent years, new material has been...