Offering a new intellectual history of ideas about reforming capitalism from within, this book traces the emergence of different value systems in the American context, offering a fresh perspective on debates about capitalism in the late 19th century and 20th century

Henry C. Carey : first American economist -- The English classical school in the United States -- Epigones -- Economic thought in the south -- The new life in American economics -- Introductory -- Francis A. Walker -- Two philosophical economists : Simon N. Patten and John Bates Clark --...

Capitalism and Antebellum Economic Thought -- Laissez-faire in the American Tradition -- Progress and Poverty: Malthus and Ricardo in America -- The Crisis of Free Society: The Southern and Northern Reactionaries -- An American Political Economy -- Henry Carey, Nature, and the Destiny of Man --...