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Physicians and Political Economy
Six Studies of the Work of Doctor Economists
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About this book
Why did Economics, in its formative phase, have so much input from medically educated writers? The innovations that physicians brought to their economic discourse played a key role in shaping the future of the discipline, and this volume draws together the work of leading international academics to address this fascinating topic. This book examines
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Table of contents
- Front Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Introductory remarks
- 2 Political economy, political arithmetic and political medicine in the thought of William Petty
- 3 The significance of John LockeÈs medical studies for the history of economic thought
- 4 The infinity of human desires and the advantages of trade: Nicholas Barbon and the wants of the mind
- 5 Exposure to strangers and superfluities: MandevilleÈs regimen for great wealth and foreign treasure
- 6 From prominent physician to major economist: some reflections on QuesnayÈs switch to economics in the 1750s
- 7 Joseph Clément Juglar (1819-1905): from physician to analyst of business cycles
- 8 Epilogue: two centuries of physician-economists, 1650-1848
- Index