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题名/责任者:

A philosopher's economist : Hume & the rise of capitalism / Margaret Schabas and Carl Wennerlind

出版发行项:

Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2020

ISBN:

9780226597447

ISBN:

022659744X

ISBN:

9780226824024

载体形态项:

xv, 318 pages ; 24 cm

个人责任者:

Schabas, Margaret, 1954- author

附加个人名称:

Wennerlind, Carl, author

个人名称主题:

Hume, David,-1711-1776

论题主题:

Economists-Biography

论题主题:

Capitalism-History

中图法分类号:

K835.615.3

书目附注:

Includes bibliographical references and index

内容附注:

"A Rising Reputation": Hume's Lifelong Pursuit of Economics -- "A Cautious Observation of Human Life": Hume on the Science of Economics -- "A More Virtuous Age": Hume on Property and Commerce -- "That Indissoluble Chain of Industry, Knowledge, and Humanity": Hume on Economic and Moral Improvement -- "Little Yellow or White Pieces": Hume on Money and Banking -- "A Prayer for France": Hume on International Trade and Public Finance -- "Our Most Excellent Friend": Hume's Imprint on Economics

摘要附注:

"David Hume's contributions span every branch of human inquiry: ethics, epistemology, metaphysics, political philosophy, aesthetics, religion, and economics. While reams of scholarship have been devoted to Hume's thought, his work on economics is still relatively unexplored. In this book, philosopher Margaret Schabas and intellectual historian Carl Wennerlind provide the definitive account of Hume's "worldly philosophy." Hume, they show, was intent on getting out of the armchair and ensuring that his philosophy had practical implications-to subdue superstition, soften religious zealotry, and promote harmonious relations in modern society. Part of this endeavor involved material betterment, and Hume brought to his economic thought a richly astute understanding of human agency, of how our minds work and prompt our actions. The authors paint him as the quintessential proponent of liberalism and a dedicated supporter of commercial modernization. However, they note that he was not an unqualified enthusiast-he saw the potential of modern commerce to increase debt, fuel runaway inflation, and feed factionalism in political rule, for example, and he fretted over the potential for international conflicts to spiral out of control. Given Hume's friendship with Adam Smith, and his influence over nineteenth-century thinkers as prominent as Thomas Malthus, John Stuart Mill, and Karl Marx, a serious appraisal of this side of his oeuvre is long overdue. As two of Hume's closest readers, Schabas and Wennerlind offer just that in this delightfully wide-ranging exploration of the history of philosophy and modern economic thought"--

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