Project Gutenberg 2014-11-02 Public domain in the USA. 51 Senior, Nassau William 1790 1864 Senior, Nassau W. 05019539 Four Introductory Lectures on Political Economy 4 Introductory Lectures on Political Economy Reading ease score: 51.6 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. Produced by Donald Cummings, Adrian Mastronardi and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "Four Introductory Lectures on Political Economy" by Nassau William Senior is a scholarly work that focuses on the principles and foundations of political economy, written in the mid-19th century. The lectures, delivered at the University of Oxford, aim to explore the nature of wealth, its production, distribution, and various economic principles that are essential for understanding government and society. Through historical references and theoretical analysis, the text attempts to clarify the role of economics in public policy and governance. The opening of the work presents an examination of the underpinnings of political economy, highlighting its relatively recent emergence as a distinct discipline. Senior discusses the contributions of key figures like M. Quesnay and Adam Smith, noting their impact on shaping economic thought. He emphasizes that while there has been significant discussion surrounding economic theories, the field itself remains underdeveloped. Senior portrays political economy as both a scientific study of wealth and an art that informs policies to enhance societal welfare, thereby setting the stage for a deeper exploration of economic principles in the subsequent lectures. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Economics HB Text Browsing: Economics 147355 147357 2024-10-19T17:08:10.197181 2023-09-20T12:17:22.731392 text/html text/html 146132 2014-11-01T19:13:42 text/html; charset=utf-8 129216 2014-11-01T19:13:42 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 145120 2024-10-19T17:08:13.258192 application/epub+zip 143486 2024-10-19T17:08:10.759392 application/epub+zip 125251 2024-10-19T17:08:10.463196 application/epub+zip 190157 2024-10-19T17:08:15.231172 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 175085 2024-10-19T17:08:12.696202 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 157457 2022-09-21T12:59:35.517987 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 133507 2024-10-19T17:08:09.998386 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 133776 2014-11-01T19:13:38 text/plain; charset=utf-8 47042 2014-11-01T19:13:42 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 18511 2024-10-19T17:08:15.364156 application/rdf+xml 13768 2024-10-19T17:08:10.551408 image/jpeg 1696 2024-10-19T17:08:10.502496 image/jpeg 129193 2024-10-19T17:08:10.213234 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog