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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Principles of Political Economy Principles of Political Economy John Stuart Mill The appearance of a treatise like the present, on a subject on which so many works of merit already exist, may be thought to require some explanation. It might perhaps be sufficient to say, that no e… OL1068184W
History History Herodotus One of the earliest histories of the western world still extant, this gives a contemporary account of the Greco-Persian wars of the fifth century BCE with the rise of the Achaemenid Empire under Cyru… OL15678068W
The economics of Edwin Chadwick The economics of Edwin Chadwick Robert B. Ekelund Jr. Sir Edwin Chadwick (1800 - 1890) is hardly a household name among economists, although he is a well-known hero to sanitation engineers and utilitarian social reformers. His brilliant and cunning idea… OL23259612W
The Wealth of Nations The Wealth of Nations Adam Smith Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations was recognized as a landmark of human thought upon its publication in 1776. As the first scientific argument for the principles of political economy, it is the poin… OL76827W