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David Ricardo. An Intellectual Biography (Hardcover)
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David Ricardo. An Intellectual Biography (Hardcover)
Series: Routledge Studies in the History of Economics
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David Ricardo has been acclaimed - or vilified - for merits he
would never have dreamt of, or sins for which he was entirely
innocent. Entrenched mythology labels him as a utilitarian
economist, an enemy of the working class, an impractical theorist,
a scientist with 'no philosophy at all' and the author of a
formalist methodological revolution. Exploring a middle ground
between theory and biography, this book explores the formative
intellectual encounters of a man who came to economic studies via
other experiences, thus bridging the gap between the historical
Ricardo and the economist's Ricardo. The chapters undertake a
thorough analysis of Ricardo's writings in their context, asking
who was speaking, what audience was being addressed, with what
communicative intentions, using what kind of lexicon and
communicative conventions, and starting with what shared knowledge.
The work opens in presenting the different religious communities
with which Ricardo was in touch. It goes on to describe his
education in the leading science of the time - geology - before he
turned to the study of political economy. Another chapter discusses
five 'philosophers' - students of logic, ethics and politics - with
whom he was in touch. From correspondence, manuscripts and
publications, the closing chapters reconstruct, firstly, Ricardo's
ideas on scientific method, the limits of the 'abstract science'
and its application, and, secondly, his ideas on ethics and
politics and their impact on strategies for improving the condition
of the working class. This book sheds new light on Ricardian
economics, providing an invaluable service to readers of economic
methodology, philosophy of economics, the history of economic
thought, political thought and philosophy.
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