Economics - Early works to 1800
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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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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]- E-books
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Traité des richesses , contenant l'analyse de l'usage des richesses en général & de leurs valeurs; les principes & les loix naturelles de la circulation des richesses, de leur distribution, du commerce, de la circulation des monnoies & de l'impôt, & des recherches historiques sur les révolutions que les droits de propriété publics & particuliers ont éprouvées en France depuis l'origine de la monarchie.
Isnard, Achille Nicolas.Date: M.D.CC. LXXXI. [1781]- E-books
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A discourse on public oeconomy and commerce . By the Marquis Cæsar Beccaria Bonesaria, ... Translated from the Italian.
Beccaria, Cesare, marchese di, 1738-1794.Date: 1769- E-books
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Several essays in political arithmetick . By Sir William Petty, ... The fourth edition, corrected. To which are prefix'd, Memoirs of the author's life.
Petty, William, Sir, 1623-1687.Date: 1755