The Two Narratives of Political Economy by Nicholas Capaldi, ... - 9780470948293

The Two Narratives of Political EconomyAuthor(s): Nicholas Capaldi, Gordon Lloyd\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc, United States\nImprint: Wiley-Scrivener\nISBN-13: 9780470948293, 978-0470948293\nSynopsis\nCaptures the 17th-19th century origins and developments ofpolitical economy by editing original texts and illuminatingtheir relevance for today's political debate Political economy from the 17th century to the present can be captured in two narratives originating with Locke and Rousseau. Those original narratives were expanded in significant ways in the 18th and 19th centuries, and the editors argue that they still hold sway today. Edited original writings included in the anthology are from: Locke, Rousseau, Adam Smith, Tocqueville, Mill, Marx, Proudhon, Owen, the Federalist Papers, the French Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen, and the American Constitution. The editors have restricted their comments to the extensive introductions thereby all.