Self-Interest before Adam Smith: A Genealogy of Economic Science

Pierre Force

doi:10.1017/CBO9780511490538

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A Genealogy of Economic Science

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Contents

Frontmatter
pp i-vi

Contents
pp vii-vii

Acknowledgments
pp viii-x

Introduction
pp 1-6

1 - Self-interest as a first principle
pp 7-47

2 - Epicurean vs. Stoic schemes
pp 48-90

3 - Self-interest and reason
pp 91-134

4 - Passions, interests, and society
pp 135-168

5 - Interested and disinterested commerce
pp 169-204

6 - Self-interest and the public good
pp 205-255

Conclusion
pp 256-263

Bibliography
pp 264-275

Index
pp 276-279

IDEAS IN CONTEXT
pp 280-286

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