Hollander investigates the relation of Malthusian economics to that of the other great classicists - particularly Smith, Ricardo, J.B. Say, and the French physiocrats. He redefines our common perception of Malthus's method and character.

Volkswirtschafts-Crashkurs für jedermann. Von Marx bis von Hayek, von Sozialismus bis Liberalismus - eine Auswahl der wichtigsten ökonomischen Köpfe und Theorien, kurz und prägnant vorgestellt. Wer schon immer wissen wollte, worin sich Keynes und Friedman unterscheiden, ob Marx und von Hayek...

Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Methodology and its Use in Economics -- Chapter 3. The Origins of Economic Theory -- Chapter 4. Adam Smith’s Wealth of Nations -- Chapter 5. David Ricardo’s Principles of Political Economy -- Chapter 6. Karl Marx’s Das Kapital -- Chapter 7. The...

"David Ricardo has been acclaimed - or vilified - for merits he would never have dreamt of, or sins for which he was entirely innocent. Entrenched mythology labels him as a utilitarian economist, an enemy of the working class, an impractical theorist, a scientist with 'no philosophy at all' and...