Economics
Classic works in the discipline are joined by explorations of how economic reasoning applies to political science and other social sciences, as well as the relevance of economics as moral philosophy. A consistent theme is the view that economics is the study of human choice and its consequences, both intended and unintended.
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| Adam Smith (1723-1790) | Frdric Bastiat (1801-1850) | Ludwig von Mises (1881-1973) |
See also the extracts, chapters, and introductions in the Economics section of the Ideas page.
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- The Collected Works of James M. Buchanan, Vol. 5. The Demand and Supply of Public Goods (James M. Buchanan)
- Cost and Choice: An Inquiry in Economic Theory, Vol. 6 of the Collected Works (James M. Buchanan)
- The Collected Works of James M. Buchanan, vol. 7 (The Limits of Liberty) (James M. Buchanan)
- Democracy in Deficit: The Political Legacy of Lord Keynes (James M. Buchanan)
- The Collected Works of James M. Buchanan, Vol. 9 (The Power to Tax) (Geoffrey Brennan)
- The Collected Works of James M. Buchanan, Vol. 10 (The Reason of Rules) (James M. Buchanan)
- The Collected Works of Lysander Spooner (1834-1886), in one vol. (Lysander Spooner)
- A Collection of the Political Writings of William Leggett (Theodore Sedgwick, Jr.)
- A Collection of the Political Writings of William Leggett, vol. 1 (Theodore Sedgwick, Jr.)
- A Collection of the Political Writings of William Leggett, vol. 2 (Theodore Sedgwick, Jr.)
- A Collection of Tracts, 2 vols. (1751) (Thomas Gordon)
- A Collection of Tracts, vol. I (Thomas Gordon)
- Colony (James Mill)
- The Comedy of Protection (1906) (Mary Agnes Hamilton)
- Commentary on Filangieri’s Work (Benjamin Constant)
- Commerce and Government Considered in their Mutual Relationship (Étienne Bonnot, Abbé de Condillac)
- Commerce Defended (1808) (James Mill)
- Commerce, Culture, and Liberty: Readings on Capitalism Before Adam Smith (Henry C. Clark)
- The Commonsense of Political Economy (Philip H. Wicksteed)
- The Constitutional Documents of the Puritan Revolution, 1625-1660 (Samuel Rawson Gardiner)
- Construction Construed and Constitutions Vindicated (John Taylor)
- The Continental System: An Economic Interpretation (Harald Westergaard)
- Conversations on Political Economy (Jane Haldimand Marcet)
- The Corn Laws. Speech of R. Cobden (Richard Cobden)
- Correspondence and Conversations of Alexis de Tocqueville with Nassau William Senior from 1834-1859, 2 vols. (1872) (Mary Charlotte Mair Simpson)