Economics - Early works to 1800
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Tracts; chiefly relating to Ireland . Containing: I. A treatise of taxes and contributions. II. Essays in political arithmetic. III. The political anatomy of Ireland. By the late Sir William Petty. To which is prefixed his last will.
Petty, William, Sir, 1623-1687.Date: MDCCLXIX. [1769]- E-books
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Essays upon several projects: or, effectual ways for advancing the interest of the nation. Wherein are plainly laid down. The Means by which the Subjects in general may be eased and enriched; the Poor relieved, and Trade encreased in the most material Branches of it, viz. in Constituting Seamen to theirs and the Nations Advantage for Encouragement of Merchants and Merchandizing; for Relief of the Poor of Friendly Societies; for discouraging Vice, and encouraging Vertue; the Usefulness; of Banks and Assurances; to prevent Bankrupts; with the surest way to recover bad Debts; and many other considerable things, profitable and conducing to the great Advantage of the Nation in general
Daniel DefoeDate: 1702- E-books
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The philosophic mirrour Or, General view of human oeconomy. Adapted to the consideration of the learned and the unlearned, the wife and the ignorant, of all ranks and degrees, of all countries and professions. In two parts. The first, containing the general system of the natural and revealed laws. The second part containing the different branches of men's oeconomy in their stations of publick and private life. With proper reflections for their due discharge thereof. Also, notes historical, critical, and curious.
Johnson, Samuel, fl. 1759-1763.Date: In the year M,DCC,LIX. [1759]- E-books
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A syllabus, or Abstract, of a system of political philosophy To which is prefixed a dissertation recommending, that the study of political economy be encouraged in the universities, and that a course of public lectures be delivered on that subject. By Robert Acklom Ingram, B.D. Fellow of Queen's College, Cambridge.
Ingram, Robert Acklom, 1763-1809.Date: MDCCXCIX. [1799]- E-books
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An inquiry into the nature and causes of the wealth of nations By Adam Smith, LL. D. and F. R. S. Formerly Professor of Moral Philosophy in the University of Glasgow. In Two Volumes.
Adam SmithDate: MDCCLXXVIII. [1778]