Dear List,

I am interested in tracking down the history of when economists began
using Robinson Crusoe as a pedagogical device in their writings. I
know that Eugen von Bohm-Bawerk uses him to make points about capital
theory, but I imagine it goes back earlier than Bohm-Bawerk. Are there
any articles detailing this? Failing that, do the people here have
ideas for older examples of economists using Robinson Crusoe by name?

Thanks,
Bob Murphy