An Outline of the Science of Political Economy

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An Outline of the Science of Political Economy is a foundational 19th-century treatise that helped formalize classical economic theory and methodology.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf book
economics book
non-fiction book
treatise
academicDiscipline economics
political economy
addresses consumption
distribution
production
value
wealth
aim to clarify the methodology of political economy
to formalize the science of political economy
author Nassau W. Senior
Nassau William Senior
centuryOfPublication 19th century
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
describedAs foundational 19th-century treatise
focusesOn definition of political economy as a science
methodological foundations of economic analysis
scope of political economy
genre classical economics
political economy
hasPart chapters on population and wages
chapters on production and distribution of wealth
chapters on profits and rent
chapters on the nature and limits of political economy
chapters on value and price
historicalSignificance contributed to the development of economics as a distinct science
helped formalize classical economic theory
influencedBy Adam Smith
David Ricardo
Thomas Malthus
surface form: Thomas Robert Malthus
language English
mainSubject economic theory
methodology of economics
political economy
movement classical economics
placeOfPublication London, England
surface form: London
publicationYear 1836
publisher Clowes and Sons
relatedWork Principles of Political Economy
surface form: Principles of Political Economy and Taxation

The Wealth of Nations
usedIn history of economic thought
studies of classical political economy

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Nassau William Senior notableWork An Outline of the Science of Political Economy
Say's law originatedInWorkOf An Outline of the Science of Political Economy
this entity surface form: Jean-Baptiste Say's Treatise on Political Economy
Senior notableWork An Outline of the Science of Political Economy
subject surface form: Nassau William Senior