(This essay represents a sort of report on the main trajectory of my research this year, which has concerned an attempt to trace the intellectual history of “real” measures in economics. This first half of the essay concerns the “pre-growth” theories of Petty and Cantillon, and ends with the “discovery” of the idea of growth by Hume. In the second half of the essay, I will attempt to trace the history of the concept through the “post-growth” theorists like Smith and Ricardo in order to better understand the state of the concept as it arrived in the hands of Marx.
Very helpful! Looking forward to Part 2.
brilliant essay !!!