The Evolution of Modern Economic theory

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PREFACE
9
The Evolution of Modern Economic Theory
10
Schumpeter on the History of Economic Analysis
47
Bentham in the Twentieth Century
73
Malthus in Perspective
85
Torrenss Letters on Commercial Policy
92
The Life of John Stuart Mill
97
ii Mills Earlier Letters
114
The Place of Jevons in the History of Economic Thought
169
Philip Wicksteed as an Economist
189
Wicksells Lectures on Political Economy
210
New Light on Knut Wicksell
223
A Biographical Note on Edwin Cannan
229
A Monarch in the City
234
Harrod on Keynes
243
Robertsons Lectures on Economic Principles
248

Mills Essays on Economics and Society
118
Mills Principles of Political Economy
164
INDEX OF PROPER NAMES
253
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