Beginning with a re-evaluation of mercantilism, this volume continues with papers on stoicism in the work of Adam Smith and the important role of institutions in J.S. Mill's economic analysis. The papers also cover both Smithian and the Ricardo-Marx-Sraffa classicism.

Beginning with a re-evaluation of mercantilism, this volume continues with papers on stoicism in the work of Adam Smith, Smith's use of the word "natural", a game-theoretical evaluation of the "Theory of Moral Sentiments" and "Wealth of Nations", a textual reinterpretation of Smith's wage theories and the important role of institutions in J.S. Mill's economic analysis. The papers in this collection cover both Smithian classicism and the Ricardo-Marx-Sraffa classicism which is represented here by four papers on the work of Krishna Bharadwaj, a contemporary interpreter of this variant of the classical tradition.

An appreciation of mercantilism, William D. Grampp
stoicism in the EPS - the foundation of Adam Smith's moral philosophy, Paul A. Heise
Adam Smith's unnaturally natural (yet naturally unnatural) use of the word natural, Spencer J. Pack
a game-theoretic re-evaluation of Adam Smith's "Theory of Moral Sentiments" and "Wealth of Nations", Andreas Ortmann and Stephen Meardon
a rational reconstruction of Smith's theory of wages, Charles E. Staley
institutionalist supports in the classical economics of J.S. Mill, Hans E. Jensen
the role of perfect foresight in Krishna Bharadwaj's critique of demand and supply equilibrium based theory, Harvey Gram
Krishna Bharadwaj and the revival of classical theory, Mark Knell and Sunder Ramaswamy.