Some British Empiricists in the Social Sciences, 16501900 (Raffaele Mattioli Lectures)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: July 13, 1998
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 523
ISBN-13: 9780521571456
Subjects: Economic theory & philosophy; Sociology, Social Studies; Statistical methods; General; History Of Economic Thought; Statistics; Business & Economics; Business / Economics / Finance; Social scientists; Business/Economics; Social sciences; Great Britain; Economic History; Economics - Theory; Business & Economics / Management; Social sciences--Statistical methods; Biography
First sentence: William Petty, the originator of national accounting, was one of the most remarkable products of the English seventeenth century, an age of great intellectual vigour, scientific curiosity and inventiveness.