"In Tocqueville's Political Economy, Richard Swedburg shows that Alexis de Tocqueville had a highly original and suggestive approach to economics - one that still has much to teach us today." "Through careful readings of Tocqueville's two major books...
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"In Tocqueville's Political Economy, Richard Swedburg shows that Alexis de Tocqueville had a highly original and suggestive approach to economics - one that still has much to teach us today." "Through careful readings of Tocqueville's two major books and many of his other writings, Swedburg lays bare Tocqueville's ingenious way of thinking about major economic phenomena. When examined together, Swedburg argues, these books and other writings constitute an interesting alternative model of economic thinking, as well as a major contribution to political economy that deserves a place in contemporary discussions about the social effects of economics"--BOOK JACKET
Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; CHAPTER ONE The Economy of the New World; CHAPTER TWO The Other Democratic Economy; CHAPTER THREE Tocqueville's Background in Economics; CHAPTER FOUR Tocqueville's Approach to Economic Analysis; CHAPTER FIVE Pauperism and the Habits of Property; CHAPTER SIX Politics in a Democratic Economy; CHAPTER SEVEN Foreign Affairs and Economic Affairs; CHAPTER EIGHT Threats to the Democratic Economy; CHAPTER NINE Sorrento and the Return to Thinking; CHAPTER TEN The Economy of the Old World; EPILOGUE Thinking with Tocqueville; Notes; Index
The economy of the New World -- The other democratic economy -- Tocqueville's background in economics -- Tocqueville's approach to economic analysis -- Pauperism and the habits of property -- Politics in a democratic economy -- Foreign affairs and economic affairs -- Threats to the democratic economy -- Sorrento and the return to thinking -- The economy of the Old World -- Epilogue, Thinking with Tocqueville