Anticipating the Wealth of Nations: The Selected Works of Anders Chydenius, 1729-1803

Anders Chydenius

Routledge, 2012 - Business & Economics - 382 pages

The book consists of eleven of the most important writings of Anders Chydenius, an eighteenth century pioneer of freedom and democracy. Thematically they touch upon subject areas such as the freedom of trade and industry, emigration, the monetary system of the Swedish realm in the eighteenth century, the freedom of the press (or as Chydenius said: the freedom of writing and printing), the freedom of information, the rights of the rural working class and the freedom of religion. The book also includes a comprehensive biography of Chydenius written by Lars Magnusson together with commentaries and explanatory notes to each text.

About the author

Anders Chydenius (1729 - 1803) was a contemporary of Adam Smith and a leading classical liberal in Nordic history.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Anticipating the Wealth of Nations: The Selected Works of Anders Chydenius, 1729-1803; Volume 139 of Routledge studies in the history of economics
• Author: Anders Chydenius
• Editors: Maren Jonasson, Pertti Hyttinen
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Routledge, 2012
• ISBN: 0415551331, 9780415551335
• Length: 382 pages
• Subjects: Business & Economics / Economic Conditions; Business & Economics / Economic History; Business & Economics / Economics / General; Business & Economics / Economics / Theory; Business & Economics / Free Enterprise & Capitalism; Business & Economics / General; Business & Economics / International / Economics & Trade; Business & Economics / International / General; History / Modern / General; Political Science / Political Ideologies / Conservatism & Liberalism