Building a Social Science: 19th Century British Cooperative Thought

by Kirsten Madden and Joseph Persky

Just as the Industrial Revolution in Britain suggested a promise of abundance, David Ricardo, Robert Malthus, and their colleagues formalized classical political economy with its emphasis on scarcity, self-interest, and private accumulation of capital. At the same time, Robert Owen took a different path arguing that the new technologies open a new world. In effect, his ideas turn classical political economy on its head. Building this new social science,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0197693733
• ISBN13: 9780197693735
• Release Date: May 2024
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.5" x 9.5"