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Jane Marcet is not writing for the working classes, but for women
and men of the educated classes of the nineteenth century. She
draws her principles and materials from the writings of the great
masters who have written about political economy, particularly Adam
Smith, Th omas Robert Malthus, Jean-Baptise Say, Jean Charles
Luonard de Sismondi, and David Ricardo. Marcet consolidates the
ideas of bankers as well as professional political economists. She
makes their ideas accessible, not only to the young people she
identifi es as her audience in the book's preface, but also to the
middle classes--political actors and business people. She
challenges the English classical school to take seriously the ideas
of continental economists by inserting those ideas into a popular
book. Marcet maintains distance from some of the central tenets of
classical economics, but engages in conversation with its masters.
Sometimes she accepts criticism of their ideas, but at other times
she keeps her own counsel. The ideas of the masters will be
immediately identifi able to those for whom political economy is
not new, although a few of their more abstruse questions and
controversies have been omitted. When the soundness of a doctrine
appears well established, Marcet presents it conscientiously.
Evelyn L. Forget's well written introduction describes the life and
background of the author as well as the book's history, bringing
this timeless classic into the twenty- first century.
Jane Marcet is not writing for the working classes, but for
women and men of the educated classes of the nineteenth century.
She draws her principles and materials from the writings of the
great masters who have written about political economy,
particularly Adam Smith, Th omas Robert Malthus, Jean-Baptise Say,
Jean Charles Luonard de Sismondi, and David Ricardo.
Marcet consolidates the ideas of bankers as well as professional
political economists. She makes their ideas accessible, not only to
the young people she identifi es as her audience in the book's
preface, but also to the middle classes--political actors and
business people. She challenges the English classical school to
take seriously the ideas of continental economists by inserting
those ideas into a popular book.
Marcet maintains distance from some of the central tenets of
classical economics, but engages in conversation with its masters.
Sometimes she accepts criticism of their ideas, but at other times
she keeps her own counsel. The ideas of the masters will be
immediately identifi able to those for whom political economy is
not new, although a few of their more abstruse questions and
controversies have been omitted. When the soundness of a doctrine
appears well established, Marcet presents it conscientiously.
Evelyn L. Forget's well written introduction describes the life and
background of the author as well as the book's history, bringing
this timeless classic into the twenty- first century.
Title: The Heiress in her Minority; or, the Progress of character.
By the author of 'Bertha's Journal' i.e. Jane Marcet].Publisher:
British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is
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British Library Anonymous; Marcet, Jane; 1850. 2 vol.; 12 .
12622.c.31.
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thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of intere
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone
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