InhaltsangabeIntroduction; Warren J. Samuels. I. The Multiple Role of the Biographer. II. The Sephardic Heritage in English Society. III. The Family Heritage: Eighteenth-Century Finance. IV. Boyhood in London and Amsterdam. V. The Taming of Tradition. VI. The Gestation of an Economist: Early Financial Career. VII. Malthus and the Corn Law: Ricardo and His Circle. VIII. Ricardo's Principles and the Question of Value. IX. Friendly Critics: Malthus and Ricardo on Political Economy. X. A New Career in Politics. XI. Equivocation: The Effects of Machinery on the Demand for Labor. XII. The Search for a Measure of Absolute Value. XIII. A Critique of the Twentieth Century Perspective. References. Index.