The invention of the concept of social surplus: Petty in the Hartlib Circle

European Journal of the History of Economic Thought

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-24

  Aspromourgos, Tony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Classical economics; Seventeenth century; Surplus; William Petty

Indexed keywords

EID: 17544384196     PISSN: 09672567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0967256042000338014     Document Type: Article

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