Foundations of Economics: 8 Classic Books on Economic Theories
Classic Essays on Money, Capital, Taxation, Labor, and Social ReformBy Frederick L. Lipman, Arthur Isaac Fonda, John Maynard Keynes, Benjamin M. Anderson, John P. Jones, Hector Denis, Ernest Solvay, David Ames Wells, L. G. Chiozza Money
Length55h 33m
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Foundations of Economics gathers eight classic texts that illuminate the contested premises of modern economic thought: value, money, credit, taxation, distribution, industrial organization, and the relation between private enterprise and public welfare. Moving from formal theoretical argument and monetary analysis to social critique, policy polemic, and historically grounded exposition, the volume reveals economics as a field shaped by ethical as well as mathematical and institutional questions. Its selections include especially consequential interventions on monetary instability, the costs of inequality, and the changing structures of capitalism. The contributors represent a broad intellectual spectrum of late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century economic inquiry, including academic economists, financial analysts, reform-minded publicists, and influential critics of orthodox laissez-faire. Their varied national and professional contexts bring classical political economy into conversation with marginalist analysis, monetary theory, social reform, and emerging Keynesian challenges to established doctrine. Read together, these voices map the debates through which economics became increasingly attentive to banking, unemployment, corporate power, and distributive justice. This volume is strongly recommended to students, scholars, and general readers seeking a historically rich introduction to economic ideas. By placing divergent methods and commitments in a single collection, it invites comparison rather than doctrinal allegiance. Readers will find both an educational survey of foundational arguments and a productive dialogue between theories whose consequences continue to shape public policy and economic life.
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GenreBusiness and Economics, Literary Classics
Length55 hrs 33 mins
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Publish dateMar 4, 2025
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Robinson Crusoe's Money
2Preface.
3Robinson Crusoe’s Money.
4Chapter II.
5Chapter III.
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6Chapter IV.
7Chapter V.
8Chapter VI.
9Chapter VII.
10Chapter VIII.
11Chapter IX.
12Chapter X.
13Chapter XI.
14Chapter XII.
15Honest Money
16Honest Money
17PREFACE.
18CHAPTER III. EXISTING MONETARY SYSTEMS.
19CHAPTER VII. MONEY IN THE UNITED STATES.
20CHAPTER XI. CONCLUSION.
21A Tract on Monetary Reform
22A Tract on Monetary Reform
23PREFACE
24CHAPTER I THE CONSEQUENCES TO SOCIETY OF CHANGES IN THE VALUE OF MONEY
25CHAPTER II PUBLIC FINANCE AND CHANGES IN THE VALUE OF MONEY
26CHAPTER III THE THEORY OF MONEY AND OF THE FOREIGN EXCHANGES
27CHAPTER IV ALTERNATIVE AIMS IN MONETARY POLICY
28CHAPTER V POSITIVE SUGGESTIONS FOR THE FUTURE REGULATION OF MONEY
29The Value of Money
30The Value of Money
31PREFACE
32THE VALUE OF MONEY
33CHAPTER II
34CHAPTER III
35PART II. THE QUANTITY THEORY (pt. 1)
36PART II. THE QUANTITY THEORY (pt. 2)
37PART II. THE QUANTITY THEORY (pt. 3)
38PART III. THE VALUE OF MONEY (pt. 1)
39PART III. THE VALUE OF MONEY (pt. 2)
40PART III. THE VALUE OF MONEY (pt. 3)
41PART IV. THE RECONCILIATION OF STATICS AND DYNAMICS (pt. 1)
42PART IV. THE RECONCILIATION OF STATICS AND DYNAMICS (pt. 2)
43Money
44Money
45SPEECH
46OF NEVADA,
47HON. JOHN P. JONES, (pt. 1)
48HON. JOHN P. JONES, (pt. 2)
49HON. JOHN P. JONES, (pt. 3)
50Riches and Poverty
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