A science in its youth : pre-Marxian political economy / A. Anikin ; [translated from the Russian by K. M. Cook]. 1st paperback ed

Political Economy before Karl Marx. The links between major modern trends and past economic ideas of Boisguillebert, Patty, Turgat, Smith, Ricardo, and many others is traced in a scholarly yet popular style. Cover CONTENTS INTRODUCTION Economists of the Past and the Present Times. Marx and His Predecessors. Three Centuries Title I Origins II The Gold Fetish and Scientific Analysis III The Praiseworthy Sir William Petty IV oisguillebert, His Age and Role V John Law-Adventurer and Prophet VI Pre-Adam Economics VII Benjamin Franklin and Transatlantic Economics VIII Doctor Quesnay and His Sect IX Turgot-Thinker, Minister and Man X Adam Smith. The Scottish Sage XI Adam Smith. The Creator of a System XII David Ricardo. The Genius from the City XIII David Ricardo. The Crowning of the System XIV Around Ricardo-and Later XV Economic Romanticism. Sismondi XVI. The Say School and Cournot's Contribution XVII. Economic Nationalism. Friedrich List XVIII. The Wonderful World of the Utopists XIX. Robert Owen and Early English Socialism NAME INDEX