The Two Narratives of Political Economy

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Edition: 1st
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2010-11-15
Publisher(s): Wiley-Scrivener
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Summary

This publication uniquely reintegrates and makes comprehensible all public policy debate from the fields of philosophy, economics, and political science since the Enlightenment. It includes original material from scholars and thinkers in the 17 th , 18 th , and 19 th centuries together with extensive introductions by the authors to explain the context. This book presents an in-depth exploration of the origins of the current political debate in the U.S. between the Republican and Democrat positions on issues to do with social and economic policy.

Author Biography

Nicholas Capaldi is Legendre-Soule Distinguished Chair in Business Ethics at Loyola University, New Orleans. His highly-praised biography of John Stuart Mill was featured on C-Span's BookNotes. Gordon Lloyd is a Professor of Public Policy, School of Public Policy at Pepperdine University. The co-author of three books on the American founding and sole author of The Two Faces of Liberalism, which examines the political economy of the New Deal. He is the creator of three highly regarded websites on the creation and adoption of the Constitution.

Table of Contents

Editors' Notep. vii
General Introductionp. xi
The Emergence of Political Economy: Economic Activity Leaves the Household
Introductionp. 3
The Second Treatisep. 9
A Letter Concerning Tolerationp. 33
Some Considerations of the Lowering of Interest and the Raising the Value of Moneyp. 47
The Two Discoursesp. 57
A Discourse on Political Economyp. 79
The Social Contractp. 87
The Arrival of Political Economy: Liberty, Property, and Equality
Introductionp. 97
Wealth of Nationsp. 109
The Theory of Moral Sentimentsp. 161
The American Foundingp. 163
Democracy in Americap. 179
The French Revolutionp. 209
A New View of Societyp. 229
Nouveau Christianismep. 241
Friedrich List National Systemp. 243
The Philosophy of Povertyp. 247
What is Property?p. 265
The Maturation of the Two Narratives: The Challenge of Social Economy
Introductionp. 285
The Principles of Political Economyp. 295
On Libertyp. 345
The Subjection of Womenp. 373
The Communist Manifestop. 389
Das Kapitalp. 409
Socialism: Utopian and Scientificp. 447
Indexp. 467
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