The rise of political economy in the Scottish enlightenment / edited by Tatsuya Sakamoto and Hideo Tanaka.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Andrew Fletcher's criticism of the commercial civilization and his plan for European federal union / Shigemi Muramatsu -- Policy debate on economic development in Scotland: the 1720's to the 1730's / Gentaro Seki -- Morality, polity and economy in Francis Hutcheson / Toshiaki Ogose -- Robert Wallace and the Irish and Scottish Enlightenment / Yoshio Nagai -- The ancient-modern controversy in the Scottish Enlightenment / Yasuo Amoh -- Hume's political economy as a system of manners / Tatsuya Sakamoto -- The 'Scottish Triangle' in the shaping of political economy: David Hume, Sir James Steuart, and Adam Smith / Ikuo Omori -- Adam Smith's politics of taxation: reconsideration of the image of 'Civilized Society' in the Wealth of Nations / Keiichi Watanabe -- The main themes and structure of Moral Philosophy and the formation of Political Economy in Adam Smith / Shoji Tanaka -- Civilization and history in Lord Kames and William Robertson / Kimihiro Koyanagi -- Liberty and Equality: Liberal Democratic Ideas in John Millar / Hideo Tanaka -- Dugald Stewart at the final stage of the Scottish Enlightenment: natural jurisprudence, political economy and the science of politics / Hisashi Shinohara -- Adam Smith in Japan / Hiroshi Mizuta.

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This collection of essays provides a comprehensive view of the economic thought of the Scottish Enlightenment. Organized as a chronological account of the rise and progress of political economy in eighteenth century Scotland, each chapter discusses the way in which the moral and economic improvement of the Scottish nation became a common concern. Contributors not only explore the economic discourses of David Hume, James Steuart and Adam Smith but also consider the neglected economic writings of Andrew Fletcher, Robert Wallace, Francis Hutcheson, William Robertson, John Millar and Dugald Stewart.