Luxury and Public Happiness cd-rom Many people

Many people

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Luxury and Public Happiness cd-rom Many peopleThis work charts the development of political economy in eighteenth century Italy, and it argues that the focus on economic thought is characteristic of the Italian enlightenment at large. Through an analysis of the debate about luxury, it traces the shaping of a new language of political economy which was inspired by, and contributed to, European debate, but which offered solutions that were as much shaped by intellectual traditions and socio