How Natural Resources Became an Economic Concept
by
Nathaniel Wolloch
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2016
From antiquity to our own time those interested in political economy have with almost no exceptions regarded the natural physical environment as a resource meant for human use. Focusing on the period 1600-1850, and paying particular attention to major figures including Adam Smith, T.R. Malthus, David...