History of Economic Thought

General Introduction, Nature and importance of the history of economic thought, The origin and Tardy development of economic thoght, Economic thought before the science of economics, Economic thought of the ancients, Economic thought of the Hebrews and hindus, Economic thought of the Athenian philosophers, Roman economic thought, Medieval economic thought, The dawn of modern economic thoughtm Mercantilism, Kameralism, The evolution of economics as a science, The founders, The physiocrats and the revolution in social philosophy, Adam smith, his immediate predecessors, and the revolution in industry, The earlier followers, Pessimistic tendencies, Malthus and the theory of population, Ricardo and the theory of distribution especially the rent doctrine, Optimistic tendencies, Carey and the american school, Bastiat and the french optimists,