This book illustrates how the first social science, that of economics, was built. It examines and discusses the work of Josiah Child, Nicholas Barbon, John Collins, William Petty, John Locke and Dudley North and the economic theories of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries

Intro -- Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Limitations of Economics -- 3. Self-Interest -- 4. Reason and Rationality -- 5. Ethics and Economics -- 6. Markets -- 7. Change and Growth -- 8. Predators and Parasites -- 9. Summing Up -- Notes -- References -- About the...

EconoPower will provide you with a firm understanding of the influence of modern economics and how it can be used to improve the world we live in. It offers practical advice on numerous personal financial matters-earning, saving, investing, and retiring-based on the breakthrough contributions of...

Iran's third five-year development (2000/2001-2004/2005) has been considered a pivotal role for private investment in creating 700,000-800,000 jobs per annum to stabilise the rate of unemployment. This paper examines the long- and short-run determinants of the private investment function by...

Biography and Burke's authority as a political economist -- Thoughts and details on scarcity, supply and demand, and middlemen -- Agricultural policy, labor, and wealth redistribution -- Markets, rationalism, and the Hayek connection -- The British Constitution : Burke's program of economical...

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