Economic Analyses in Historical Perspective

José Luís Cardoso is Research Professor and Director of the Institute of Social Sciences of the University of Lisbon, Portugal. Heinz D. Kurz is Professor Emeritus of Economics at the University of Graz, Austria, and Fellow of the Graz Schumpeter Centre.Philippe Steiner is professor of sociology at the university Paris-Sorbonne and honorary Senior member of the Institut universitaire de France.

• 1. IntroductionThe editorsPersonal reminiscencesHeinz D. Kurz (University of Graz)2. French traditions in economics Freeing Trade or Freeing Humans? Mably and Condillac on Economic Policies and the Renewal of the French Kingdom Arnaud Orain (University of Paris 8)Physiocratic Philosophie économique Philippe Steiner (University of Paris Sorbonne, & Institut universitaire de France)Opinion, Time and Institution –– Necker’s critique of ‘New Science’Yusuke Ando (Rikkyo University)Jean-Baptiste Say as a Classical Moralist Pierre Force (Columbia University)Theology and Knowledge of the "Collective Man" in the Writings of Pierre-Simon Ballanche Ludovic Frobert (ENS Lyon)Pellegrino Rossi: A Ricardian at the Collège de France?Alain Béraud (Université de Cergy-Pontoise)Charles Gide and marginalism in Histoire des doctrines économiques Jean-Pierre Potier (University of Lyon)3. European and global economic conversations The individual, society and economy in 17th century thought Cosimo Perrotta (University of Lecce)A ‘Tory outré’? Le Blanc and Forbonnais readers of Hume Thierry Demals (University of Lille)Genovesi and Enlightened Political EconomyJosé Luís Cardoso (University of Lisbon)Jean-Baptiste Say's Footnotes to RicardoKeith TribeGerman Editions of Adam Smith’s Wealth of Nations Harald Hagemann (Hohenheim University Stuttgart)John Ruskin in early 20th century Japan: some episodes Masashi Izum