Listen and read

Step into an infinite world of stories

  • Listen and read as much as you want
  • Over 400 000+ titles
  • Bestsellers in 10+ Indian languages
  • Exclusive titles + Storytel Originals
  • Easy to cancel anytime
Subscribe now
Details page - Device banner - 894x1036

Principles Of Political Economy -

1 Ratings

2

Language
English
Format
Category

Classics

An experience of five years with Mr. Mill's treatise in the class-room not only convinced me of the great usefulness of what still remains one of the most lucid and systematic books yet published which cover the whole range of the study, but I have also been convinced of the need of such additions as should give the results of later thinking, without militating against the general tenor of Mr. Mill's system; of such illustrations as should fit it better for American students, by turning their attention to the application of principles in the facts around us; of a bibliography which should make it easier to get at the writers of other schools who offer opposing views on controverted questions; and of some attempts to lighten those parts of his work in which Mr. Mill frightened away the reader by an appearance of too great abstractness, and to render them, if possible, more easy of comprehension to the student who first approaches Political Economy through this author. Believing, also, that the omission of much that should properly be classed under the head of Sociology, or Social Philosophy, would narrow the field to Political Economy alone, and aid, perhaps, in [pg iv] clearer ideas, I was led to reduce the two volumes into one, with, of course, the additional hope that the smaller book would tempt some readers who might hesitate to attack his larger work. In consonance with the above plan, I have abridged Mr. Mill's treatise, yet have always retained his own words; although it should be said that they are not always his consecutive words. Everything in the larger type on the page is taken literally from Mr. Mill, and, whenever it has been necessary to use a word to complete the sense, it has been always inserted in square brackets. All additional matter introduced by me has been printed in a smaller but distinctive type. The reader can see at a glance which part of the page is Mr. Mill's and which my own...

J. Laurence Laughlin.

© 2016 anboco (Ebook): 9783736406988

Release date

Ebook: 3 August 2016

Others also enjoyed ...

  1. Range: How Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World David Epstein
  2. Brave New World Aldous Huxley
  3. How To Win Friends And Influence People Dale Carnegie
  4. The Meaning of It All: Thoughts of a Citizen-Scientist Richard P. Feynman
  5. Free Will Sam Harris
  6. Populism: A Very Short Introduction Cas Mudde
  7. The Indispensable Milton Friedman: Essays on Politics and Economics Dr. Lanny Ebenstein
  8. Principles: Life and Work Ray Dalio
  9. The Law of Attraction, Plain and Simple: Create the Extraordinary Life That You Deserve Ricotti Sonia
  10. The Fourth Age: Smart Robots, Conscious Computers, and the Future of Humanity Byron Reese
  11. The Sixth Extinction Elizabeth Kolbert
  12. Poor Economics: A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty Esther Duflo
  13. Washington's Farewell: The Founding Father's Warning to Future Generations John Avlon
  14. The Future of Capitalism: Facing the New Anxieties Paul Collier
  15. The Big Three in Economics: Adam Smith, Karl Marx, and John Maynard Keynes Mark Skousen
  16. Why Marx Was Right: 2nd Edition Terry Eagleton
  17. Capital and Ideology Thomas Piketty
  18. The Value of Everything: Who Makes and Who Takes from the Real Economy Mariana Mazzucato
  19. The Pleasure of Finding Things Out: The Best Short Works of Richard P. Feynman Richard P. Feynman
  20. Leviathan: or The Matter, Form, and Power of a Commonwealth, Ecclesiastical and Civil Thomas Hobbes
  21. Slavery’s Capitalism: A New History of American Economic Development Sven Beckert
  22. Applied Economics: Thinking Beyond Stage One Thomas Sowell
  23. Human Universe Professor Brian Cox
  24. The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion Jonathan Haidt
  25. Energy and Civilization: A History Vaclav Smil
  26. Debt – Updated and Expanded: The First 5,000 Years David Graeber
  27. Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup John Carreyrou
  28. China's Economy: What Everyone Needs to Know® Arthur R. Kroeber
  29. Medieval Europe Chris Wickham
  30. A Little History of Economics Niall Kishtainy
  31. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind Yuval Noah Harari
  32. The Wealth of Nations Adam Smith
  33. The Anatomy of Fascism Robert O. Paxton
  34. The Autobiography of John Stuart Mill John Stuart Mill
  35. The Making of Modern Economics, Second Edition: The Lives and Ideas of the Great Thinkers Mark Skousen
  36. Hegel: Philosophy in an Hour Paul Strathern