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The Macroeconomic thought of Sir William Petty

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Sir William Petty (1623–1687) is generally known to historians of economic thought as an early contributor to classical political economy. In fact, Karl Marx claimed—rightly, I believe—that Petty was the founder of that school of thought (Marx 1867, p. 81). Frank Amati and Tony Aspromourgos echo the sentiment that Petty, and not Adam Smith, was “the founder of classical political economy, that school which had its culmination in the Ricardian economic theory†(Amati and Aspromourgos 1985, p. 127). Aspromourgos has also observed that Petty wrote A Treatise of Taxes and Contributions, as well as other works, in order to provide “an answer to the questions of how to maximize total employment and surplus labour, and how to best utilize surplus labour†(Aspromourgos 1996, p. 16, emphasis added).

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  • Ullmer, James H., 2004. "The Macroeconomic thought of Sir William Petty," Journal of the History of Economic Thought, Cambridge University Press, vol. 26(3), pages 401-413, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:jhisec:v:26:y:2004:i:03:p:401-413_00
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