# A history of economic doctrines

Author: Gide, Charles, 1847-1932; Rist, Charles, 1874-1955; Richards, R. (Robert), 1884-1954 [Translator]; Smart, William, 1853-1915 [Translator]

Genre: Category: History - Modern (1750+)

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/57500

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=A+history+of+economic+doctrines+Gide&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

Political Economy as the name of a special science is the invention of one Antoine de Montchrétien, who first employed the term about the beginning of the seventeenth century. Not until the middle of the eighteenth century, however, does the connotation of the word in any way approach to modern usage. A perusal of the article on Political Economy which appeared in the _Grande Encyclopédie_ of 1755 will help us to appreciate the difference. That article was contributed by no less a person than Jean Jacques Rousseau, but its medley of politics and economics seems utterly strange to us. Nowadays it is customary to regard the adjective “political” as unnecessary, and an attempt is made to dis...

## Chapters

- [Book III, chap. 5, § 4.) For the position with regard to mines see the](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-economic-doctrines-57500/chapters/51/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II: ADAM SMITH](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-economic-doctrines-57500/chapters/20/index.md)
- [Book I.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-economic-doctrines-57500/chapters/46/index.md)
- [Book IV, chap. 7, § 6.)](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-economic-doctrines-57500/chapters/49/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III: THE PESSIMISTS](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-economic-doctrines-57500/chapters/21/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I: THE PHYSIOCRATS](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-economic-doctrines-57500/chapters/19/index.md)
- [Book II, chap. 4.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-economic-doctrines-57500/chapters/48/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II: THE THEORY OF RENT AND ITS APPLICATIONS](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-economic-doctrines-57500/chapters/38/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II: STATE SOCIALISM](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-economic-doctrines-57500/chapters/33/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV: THE ANARCHISTS](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-economic-doctrines-57500/chapters/40/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III: THE ASSOCIATIVE SOCIALISTS](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-economic-doctrines-57500/chapters/25/index.md)
- [Book V.) The language is identical with that of the Physiocrats. But](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-economic-doctrines-57500/chapters/41/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III: MARXISM](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-economic-doctrines-57500/chapters/34/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V: PROUDHON AND THE SOCIALISM OF 1848](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-economic-doctrines-57500/chapters/27/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I: SISMONDI AND THE ORIGINS OF THE CRITICAL SCHOOL](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-economic-doctrines-57500/chapters/23/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I: THE HISTORICAL SCHOOL AND THE CONFLICT OF METHODS](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-economic-doctrines-57500/chapters/32/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV: DOCTRINES THAT OWE THEIR INSPIRATION TO CHRISTIANITY](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-economic-doctrines-57500/chapters/35/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II: SAINT-SIMON, THE SAINT-SIMONIANS, AND THE BEGINNINGS OF](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-economic-doctrines-57500/chapters/24/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II: THE APOGEE AND DECLINE OF THE CLASSICAL SCHOOL. JOHN STUART](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-economic-doctrines-57500/chapters/30/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III: THE SOLIDARISTS](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-economic-doctrines-57500/chapters/39/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I: THE OPTIMISTS](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-economic-doctrines-57500/chapters/29/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I: THE HEDONISTS](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-economic-doctrines-57500/chapters/37/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV: FRIEDRICH LIST AND THE NATIONAL SYSTEM OF POLITICAL ECONOMY](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-economic-doctrines-57500/chapters/26/index.md)
- [Book III, chap. 6). He has given it that name in order to facilitate](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-economic-doctrines-57500/chapters/50/index.md)
- [part iii; vol. ii, p. 128.)](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-economic-doctrines-57500/chapters/42/index.md)
- [BOOK V: RECENT DOCTRINES](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-economic-doctrines-57500/chapters/36/index.md)
- [BOOK IV: THE DISSENTERS](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-economic-doctrines-57500/chapters/31/index.md)
- [Book II, chap. 5; Cannan, vol. i, p. 351.) The expression “the political](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-economic-doctrines-57500/chapters/45/index.md)
- [BOOK II: THE ANTAGONISTS](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-economic-doctrines-57500/chapters/22/index.md)
- [BOOK III: LIBERALISM](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-economic-doctrines-57500/chapters/28/index.md)
- [part iii (vol. i, pp. 4 and 240), and in Book II, chap. 3 (vol. i, pp.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-economic-doctrines-57500/chapters/43/index.md)
- [part ii; vol. ii, pp. 90, 91.)](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-economic-doctrines-57500/chapters/44/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III: THE ASSOCIATIVE SOCIALISTS 231](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-economic-doctrines-57500/chapters/6/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I: SISMONDI AND THE ORIGINS OF THE CRITICAL SCHOOL](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-economic-doctrines-57500/chapters/4/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III: THE PESSIMISTS (M. GIDE) 118](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-economic-doctrines-57500/chapters/3/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV: THE ANARCHISTS (M. RIST) 614](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-economic-doctrines-57500/chapters/18/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III: MARXISM (M. GIDE) 449](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-economic-doctrines-57500/chapters/13/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I: THE PHYSIOCRATS (M. GIDE) 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-economic-doctrines-57500/chapters/1/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II: THE THEORY OF RENT AND ITS APPLICATIONS (M. RIST) 545](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-economic-doctrines-57500/chapters/16/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I: THE OPTIMISTS (M. GIDE) 322](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-economic-doctrines-57500/chapters/9/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II: ADAM SMITH (M. RIST) 50](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-economic-doctrines-57500/chapters/2/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV: FRIEDRICH LIST AND THE NATIONAL SYSTEM OF POLITICAL](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-economic-doctrines-57500/chapters/7/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II: SAINT-SIMON, THE SAINT-SIMONIANS, AND THE BEGINNINGS](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-economic-doctrines-57500/chapters/5/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V: PROUDHON AND THE SOCIALISM OF 1848 (M. RIST) 290](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-economic-doctrines-57500/chapters/8/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I: THE HISTORICAL SCHOOL AND THE CONFLICT OF METHODS](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-economic-doctrines-57500/chapters/11/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II: STATE SOCIALISM (M. RIST) 407](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-economic-doctrines-57500/chapters/12/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I: THE HEDONISTS (M. GIDE) 517](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-economic-doctrines-57500/chapters/15/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III: THE SOLIDARISTS (M. GIDE) 587](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-economic-doctrines-57500/chapters/17/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV: DOCTRINES THAT OWE THEIR INSPIRATION TO CHRISTIANITY](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-economic-doctrines-57500/chapters/14/index.md)
- [Book II, chap. 5; Cannan’s edition, vol. i, p. 351.)](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-economic-doctrines-57500/chapters/47/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II: THE APOGEE AND DECLINE OF THE CLASSICAL SCHOOL. JOHN](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-economic-doctrines-57500/chapters/10/index.md)