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020			_a9780226597447 (hardback)
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100	1		_aSchabas, Margaret, _d1954- _eauthor.
245	1	2	_aA philosopher's economist : _bHume and the rise of capitalism / _cMargaret Schabas and Carl Wennerlind.
263			_a2003
264		1	_aChicago : _bUniversity of Chicago Press, _c2020.
300			_axv, 316 pages ; _c24 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_a"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.
520			_a"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"--
600	1	0	_aHume, David, _d1711-1776 _xInfluence.
650		0	_aEconomists _xPhilosophy.
650		0	_aCapitalism _xPhilosophy.
700	1		_aWennerlind, Carl, _eauthor.
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