Table of Contents

Editors' Note. General Introduction. Part One: The Emergence of Political Economy: Economic Activity Leaves the Household Introduction. John Locke The Second Treatise. John Locke A Letter Concerning Toleration . John Locke Some Considerations of the Lowering of Interest and the Raising the Value of Money . Jean-Jacques Rousseau The Two Discourses . Jean-Jacques Rousseau A Discourse on Political Economy . Jean-Jacques Rousseau The Social Contract . Part Two: The Arrival of Political Economy: Liberty, Property, and Equality. Introduction. Adam Smith Wealth of Nations . Adam Smith The Theory of Moral Sentiments . The American Founding. Alexis de Tocqueville Democracy in America . The French Revolution. Robert Owen A New View of Society . Comte de Saint-Simon Nouveau Christianisme . Friedrich List National System . P. J. Proudhon The Philosophy of Poverty . P. J. Proudhon What is Property? Part Three: The Maturation of the Two Narratives: The Challenge of Social Economy. Introduction. John Stuart Mill The Principles of Political Economy . John Stuart Mill On Liberty . John Stuart Mill The Subjection of Women . Karl Marx and Fredrick Engels The Communist Manifesto . Karl Marx Das Kapital . Fredrick Engels Socialism: Utopian and Scientific . Index.

About the Author

Gordon Lloyd is a Professor of Public Policy, School of Public Policy at Pepperdine University. The co-author of three books on the American founding and sole author of The Two Faces of Liberalism , which examines the political economy of the New Deal. He is the creator of three highly regarded websites on the creation and adoption of the Constitution. Nicholas Capaldi is Legendre-Soule Distinguished Chair in Business Ethics at Loyola University, New Orleans. His highly-praised biography of John Stuart Mill was featured on C-SPAN's BookNotes.

Reviews

"Nonetheless, the book is impressive for its topical breadth ... In this light, I'll be very interested in seeing what an updated edition of this volume might look like in another decade or two. ( Conversations on Philanthropy , 2012)