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Book SynopsisCaptures the 17th-19th century origins and developments ofpolitical economy by editing original texts and illuminatingtheir relevance for today''s political debate Political economy from the 17th century to the present can be captured in two narratives originating with Locke and Rousseau. Those original narratives were expanded in significant ways in the 18th and 19th centuries, and the editors argue that they still hold sway today.
Edited original writings included in the anthology are from: Locke, Rousseau, Adam Smith, Tocqueville, Mill, Marx, Proudhon, Owen, the Federalist Papers, the French Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen, and the American Constitution. The editors have restricted their comments to the extensive introductions thereby allowing the original participants to speak for themselves. The readings included are intended to be instructive with respect to the origin and development of the two narratives rather than an exhaustive account of ho
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Table of ContentsEditors' Note. General Introduction.
Part One: The Emergence of Political Economy: Economic Activity Leaves the Household
Introduction.
John Locke The Second Treatise.
John Locke A Letter Concerning Toleration.
John Locke Some Considerations of the Lowering of Interest and the Raising the Value of Money.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau The Two Discourses.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau A Discourse on Political Economy.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau The Social Contract.
Part Two: The Arrival of Political Economy: Liberty, Property, and Equality.
Introduction.
Adam Smith Wealth of Nations.
Adam Smith The Theory of Moral Sentiments.
The American Founding.
Alexis de Tocqueville Democracy in America.
The French Revolution.
Robert Owen A New View of Society.
Comte de Saint-Simon Nouveau Christianisme.
Friedrich List National System.
P. J. Proudhon The Philosophy of Poverty.
P. J. Proudhon What is Property?
Part Three: The Maturation of the Two Narratives: The Challenge of Social Economy.
Introduction.
John Stuart Mill The Principles of Political Economy.
John Stuart Mill On Liberty.
John Stuart Mill The Subjection of Women.
Karl Marx and Fredrick Engels The Communist Manifesto.
Karl Marx Das Kapital.
Fredrick Engels Socialism: Utopian and Scientific.
Index.
