This classic text, first published in 1893, was the first attempt to present a view of the relations of philosophy and economics through the whole of their history. In tracing the history of this relationship the author begins by examining the work of the ancient philosophers and continues with the followers of the theory of natural law. He then explores the utilitarian economics and the 'idealistic economics'. This title will be of interest to students of the history of economic thought.

This classic text, first published in 1893, was the first attempt to present a view of the relations of philosophy and economics through the whole of their history. In tracing the history of this relationship the author begins by examining the work of the ancient philosophers and continues with the followers of the theory of natural law. He then explores the utilitarian economics and the 'idealistic economics'. This title will be of interest to students of the history of economic thought.

First Published in 1966. A book which deals with the thought and theories of leading men 17th and 18th century England, on the subjects of population and vital statistics. Beginning with Raleigh, Bacon and Hobbes, it passes to Harrington, Graunt and Halley. Then after Derham and Sussmilch, it treats the disputes of Hume and Wallace, Price and Arthur Young over Ancient and Modern Populousness.

First Published in 1966. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

This Is A New Release Of The Original 1885 Edition.

This Is A New Release Of The Original 1893 Edition.

2013 Reprint of 1924 Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. Georg Friedrich Knapp (1842-1926) was a German economist who in 1895 published "The State Theory of Money," which founded the chartalist school of monetary theory, which takes the statist stance that money must have no intrinsic value and strictly be used as governmentally-issued token, i.e., fiat money. Published originally in 1905, it created a stir among academics and policy makers, with proponents and critics both arguing forcefully about it. It was written at a time when monetary matters were in a great flux. Throughout the world, countries debated the optimal metallic standard for their monetary systems. Should it be silver, gold, both in a fixed relation (bimetallism), a combination of the two (symmetalism), or should the selection of the standard be left to the market? Knapp put the debate on new ground by suggesting that there need not be a metallic standard at all. Ideas about the desirability of paper money not backed by gold or other metals had been presented before but were never able to command academic respectability.