"Examines Alexander Hamilton's political economy in relation to Aristotle's classical views of economics, as presented in his Politics, and finds shared support of commerce in pursuit of a regime's or democracy's wider goals" - Provided by publisher

Introduction: the choices for wealth over health of nations -- 1. For economic growth and individualism over the land: Adam Smith -- 2. For deductive method and rent over poor relief: David Ricardo and Thomas Malthus -- 3. For maximizing wealth with social redistribution over production reform:...