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Anders Chydenius (1729 - 1803) was a contemporary of Adam Smith and
a leading classical liberal in Nordic history. Chydenius wrote a
remarkable essay containing a very clear exposition of the basic
principles of economic liberalism and there can be very little
doubt that it would have been a paper of great international fame
if it had been published in English at the time he wrote it. In the
essay Chydenius comes very close to expressing the famous Smithian
metaphor of the invisible hand. This volume brings together
Chydenius' contributions to the history of economic thought for the
first time. With a biography from Juha Manninen and editorial
contributions from academics such as Gustav Bjorkstrand and Bo
Lindberg, Routledge are proud to present this valuable work which
will doubtless be of great interest to historians of economic
thought across the globe.
The book consists of eleven of the most important writings of
Anders Chydenius, an eighteenth century pioneer of freedom and
democracy. Thematically they touch upon subject areas such as the
freedom of trade and industry, emigration, the monetary system of
the Swedish realm in the eighteenth century, the freedom of the
press (or as Chydenius said: the freedom of writing and printing),
the freedom of information, the rights of the rural working class
and the freedom of religion. The book also includes a comprehensive
biography of Chydenius written by Lars Magnusson together with
commentaries and explanatory notes to each text.
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