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The Decay of Trade: The Politics of Economic Theory In Eighteenth-Century Britain

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 June 2009

Richard A. Kleer
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In the last decade or so, intellectual historians have tried to alter and enhance our understanding of the Scottish Enlightenment by situating the classic writings in the context of contemporary political debates and intellectual traditions. Two main approaches have emerged to date, tied to the themes of natural jurisprudence and civic humanism respectively. While both have much to offer to historians of economic thought, the present paper seeks to evaluate only the latter. It focuses in particular on civic humanist interpretations of the economic theories of David Hume and Adam Smith.

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Journal of the History of Economic Thought , Volume 18 , Issue 2 , Fall 1996 , pp. 319 - 346
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