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Recent Work in Seventeenth‐Century Economic Thought
Author(s) -
Weiser Brian
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
history compass
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.121
H-Index - 1
ISSN - 1478-0542
DOI - 10.1111/j.1478-0542.2005.00174.x
Subject(s) - finkelstein's test , economic thought , scholarship , government (linguistics) , work (physics) , politics , perception , history of economic thought , political science , political economy , sociology , economics , neoclassical economics , epistemology , law , philosophy , medicine , engineering , mechanical engineering , linguistics , physical therapy
Abstract During the Stuart era, theorists, merchants, government officials, and everyday Englishmen and women tried to understand the rapid shifts in their economy. Such inquiry changed perceptions of how the economy worked. This article explores recent scholarship on economic thought in the Stuart era. It begins with Joyce Appleby's seminal book which sees economic events as the prime mover behind shifts in economic theory, and then considers Andrea Finkelstein's recent assertions that scientific and medical discoveries strongly influenced economic thinkers like William Petty and Thomas Mun. The article then examines a series of works that analyze the impact of politics on economic thought, how economic thought inspired literature, the interplay of economic thought and religion, and how those who were not economic literati viewed the economy.