In this Book
- A Treatise on Political Economy
- Book
- 2012
- Published by: Liberty Fund
A Treatise on Political Economy by Antonie Louis Claude Destutt de Tracy (1754-1836) is a foundational text of nineteenth-century, free-market economic thought and remains one of the classics of nineteenth-century French economic liberalism. Destutt de Tracy was one of the founders of the classical liberal republican group known as the Idéologues, which included Benjamin Constant, Jean-Baptiste Say, Marquis de Condorcet, and Madame de Staël.
Destutt de Tracy sent the text of A Treatise on Political Economy to Thomas Jefferson in hopes of securing its translation in the United States. It was met with enthusiastic approval. Jefferson wrote to the publisher, "The merit of this work will, I hope, place it in the hands of every reader in our country."
Jeremy Jennings is Professor of Political Theory at Queen Mary, University of London.Table of Contents
- Title Page, Copyright
- pp. 2-5
- Acknowledgments
- pp. vii-viii
- Note on the Text
- pp. xxi-xxii
- A Treatise on Political Economy
- Prospectus
- pp. 5-8
- Advertisement
- pp. 9-12
- Abstract, or Analytical Table
- pp. 13-30
- First Part of the Treatise on the Will and Its Effects: Of Our Actions.
- Chapter 1: Of Society
- pp. 93-102
- Chapter 6: Of Money
- pp. 139-159
- Chapter 7: Reflections on What Precedes
- pp. 160-162
- Chapter 13: Conclusion
- pp. 252-256
- Production Notes
- p. 289