FOOTNOTES:

[1] Reprinted by permission from The Quarterly Journal of Economics, vol. xiii, Jan., 1899.

[2] "Why is Economics not an Evolutionary Science?" Quarterly Journal of Economics, July, 1898.

[3] "The Future of Economic Theory," ibid., October, 1898.

[4] See, for instance, Hasbach, Allgemeine philosophische Grundlagen der von François Quesnay und Adam Smith begründeten politischen Oekonomie.

[5] Quesnay, Droit Naturel, ch. v. (Ed. Daire, Physiocrates, pp. 52-53).

[6] Quesnay, Droit Naturel, ch. v (Ed. Daire, Physiocrates, p. 53).

[7] Dupont de Nemours, Correspondance avec J.-B. Say (Ed. Daire, Physiocrates, première partie, p. 399).

[8] See, for instance, the concluding chapters of La Rivière's Ordre Naturel des Sociétés Politiques.

[9] E.g., Hasbach, loc. cit.; Bonar, Philosophy and Political Economy, Book II; Ritchie, Natural Rights.

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