Political-Economic Development and Early Modern Political Theory

• In Event: Revolutions in Political Thought from Antiquity to the Early Modern Period

Brief Overview

Early modern political theorists such as Hobbes, Hume, and James Madison lived in the harsh conditions of developing countries. Their location in such countries heavily influenced their normative prescriptions in ways that contemporary readers miss.

Authors

• Philip Petrov, Stanford University

• Barry Weingast, Stanford University