Ross In case Professor Stageberg is not subscribed to the HES list, here is the list he very kindly sent me last month in response to my query about his reading list. I don't think that he would mind me passing it along. Phil +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Phil Ruder | | Dept. of Bus. and Economics [log in to unmask] | | Pacific University (vox) 503-357-6151 | | Forest Grove, OR (fax) 503-359-2242 | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 27 Jan 1995 14:13:31 -0400 (EDT) From: Stephen Stageberg <[log in to unmask]> To: "Philip J. Ruder" <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: HELP! With History of Economic Thought Texts Here are the selections from which I pick key excerpts: Plato - The Republic Aristotle - Politics, Ethics Aquinas - Summa Theologica Mun - England's Treasure by Foreign Trade Petty - several of his writings Boisguilbert - bits and pieces discovered from his writings Cantillon - Essay on the Nature of Commerce in General Hume - Of the Balance of Trade Mandeville - The Fable of the Bees Quesnay -Explanation of the Tableau Economique Smith - The Wealth of Nations Ricardo - Principles of Political Economy and Taxation Malthus - Essay on the Principle of Population Principles of Political Economy J.S. Mill - Principles of Political Economy Marx - The Communist Manifesto Das Kapital Von Thunen - The Isolated State Cournot - Researches into the Mathematical Principles of the Theory of Wealth Jules Dupuit - On the Measurement of the Utility of Public Works Jevons - The Theory of Political Economy Marshall - Principles of Economics Keynes - The General Theory I have done a cut and paste job of these excerpts and obtained publishers' permission to reproduce. It is so much more effective than using a textbook. Hope this is useful! Stephen Stageberg