Unemployment and the Economists addresses economic ideas, beliefs and arguments regarding the causes and possible cures of unemployment – a matter of recurring interest and concern for economists throughout history.

This paper reconsiders Ricardo's political thought, its relationship with his political economy and, more generally, Ricardo's connection with the 'philosophical radicalism' of Bentham and James Mill. It is arguedinter alia, that Ricardo's politics were utilitarian and individualistic; that he...