National system of political economy / tr. fr. the German by G. A. Matile. Including the notes of the French translation, by Henri Richelot. With a ... Colwell. (Michigan Historical Reprint)

One of the most prominent economic philosophers of the 19th century on a par with but espousing quite different thinking than Karl Marx and Adam Smith explores in the three volume National System of Political Economy a reasoned doctrine of national and pan national management of trade a global collaboration between government and business Volume 1 examines the pronounced influence of freedom prudently balanced with regulation in the economic histories of the nations of Europe and North America A close reading of this 1841 classic is an absolute necessity for anyone who hopes to understand world economic history of the last 150 years German economist and journalist FRIEDRICH LIST 1789 1846 served as professor of administration and politics at the University of Tbingen but was later jailed and later exiled to America for his political views His is also the author of Outlines of American Political Economy 1827