About the Authors; Chapter 1: Introduction; Bibliography; Chapter 2: From "Permutation of Commodities" to the Praise of "Doux Commerce." Changes in Economic Rationality in Early Modern Times; 2.1 A Mere "Permutation of Commodities"; 2.2 Utilitarian Conversion: Economy as Part of Politics; 2.3 The Praise of "Doux Commerce"; 2.4 Conclusion; Bibliography; Chapter 3: "The Nutrition of a Commonwealth:" On Hobbes's Economic Thought; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Human Nature and Methodological Individualism; 3.3 Political Science; 3.4 The Nutrition of a Commonwealth; 3.5 Conclusion; Bibliography

Chapter 4: Circulation of Blood and Money in Leviathan - Hobbes on the Economy of the Body4.1 Introduction: The Mint of the Body and the Heart of the State; 4.2 The Living Body of the Leviathan; 4.3 The Economy of the Leviathan; 4.4 Health, Balance and Civil War; 4.5 Conclusion; Bibliography; Chapter 5: Profits and Morals in Leon Battista Alberti's I libri della famiglia; Bibliography; Chapter 6: The Meanings of Work in John Locke; 6.1 Labour and Original Labour; 6.2 The Labour of Division; 6.3 Improved Labour; 6.4 Conclusion; Bibliography

Chapter 7: Financial Reasoning in The Midst of Revolution and Wars: Merchants and Bankers Between Paris, London, and Amsterdam, 1789-18107.1 Economic Reasoning and Political Constraints: Thomas Coutts and Francis Baring During French Revolutionary Wars (1792-1801); 7.2 Hottinguer and His Dutch Clients: The Forced Diversification of Investment (1801-1807); 7.3 Conclusions; Bibliography; Chapter 8: Prose Genre and the Emergence of Modern Economic Reasoning in Eighteenth-Century Britain; 8.1 Introduction; 8.2 Transitioning to Early Modern Conceptions of Science and Language

8.3 Transitioning to New Concepts of Prose Discourse8.4 The Proper Genre for Economic Writings - Representational Choices and Analytic Modes; 8.5 The Link Between Prose Genres and Authoritative Reasoning; 8.6 Conclusion; Bibliography; Chapter 9: Political Economy and Its Public Contenders 1820-1850; 9.1 Introduction; 9.2 The Struggle to Establish a Political Science; 9.3 British Critique; 9.4 French Critique; 9.5 Rationalities, Interests and Competing Sciences; 9.6 Concluding Remarks; Bibliography

Chapter 10: The Promissory Self - Credit and Debt Rationalities in the Work and Life of Karl Marx10.1 A "Good" Man; 10.2 Letter to a Friend; 10.3 The Measure of Self; Bibliography; Chapter 11: Democratic Governance: A Genealogy; Bibliography; Chapter 12: The Economic De-Legitimization and Legitimization of Arts Policies 1970-1985; 12.1 Introduction; 12.2 Evaluating the Arts Council; 12.3 Preferences and Political Values; 12.4 Consumer Sovereignty and Merit Goods; 12.5 Conclusion; Bibliography