Project Gutenberg 2014-11-02 Public domain in the USA. 185 Senior, Nassau William 1790 1864 Senior, Nassau W. 05019539 Four Introductory Lectures on Political Economy 4 Introductory Lectures on Political Economy Produced by Donald Cummings, Adrian Mastronardi and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "Four Introductory Lectures on Political Economy" by Nassau William Senior is a scholarly work that focuses on the principles and foundations of political economy, written in the mid-19th century. The lectures, delivered at the University of Oxford, aim to explore the nature of wealth, its production, distribution, and various economic principles that are essential for understanding government and society. Through historical references and theoretical analysis, the text attempts to clarify the role of economics in public policy and governance. The opening of the work presents an examination of the underpinnings of political economy, highlighting its relatively recent emergence as a distinct discipline. Senior discusses the contributions of key figures like M. Quesnay and Adam Smith, noting their impact on shaping economic thought. He emphasizes that while there has been significant discussion surrounding economic theories, the field itself remains underdeveloped. Senior portrays political economy as both a scientific study of wealth and an art that informs policies to enhance societal welfare, thereby setting the stage for a deeper exploration of economic principles in the subsequent lectures. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 51.6 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. en Economics HB Text Browsing: Economics Category: Economics 147534 2025-06-19T06:00:32.512285 text/html 125560 2024-10-24T12:00:49 text/html 145209 2025-06-19T06:00:35.381236 application/epub+zip 143482 2025-06-19T06:00:33.126265 application/epub+zip 125246 2025-06-19T06:00:32.819243 application/epub+zip 190081 2025-06-19T06:00:37.337210 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 175187 2025-06-19T06:00:35.085242 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 157457 2022-09-21T12:59:35.517987 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 133313 2025-06-19T06:00:32.335267 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 113356 2024-10-24T12:00:49 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16149 2025-06-19T06:00:37.482238 application/rdf+xml 13768 2025-06-19T06:00:32.906232 image/jpeg 1696 2025-06-19T06:00:32.862284 image/jpeg 129251 2025-06-19T06:00:32.556241 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia