Three Early Russian Economists

Alec Nove
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Chapter 1 in Studies in Economics and Russia, 1990, pp 3-23 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract What sort of economics was there in Russia during the reign of Alexander I? The ideas of Adam Smith became known early: indeed one of our three subjects, Mordvinov, read the Wealth of Nations in the year of its publication while he was in England as a naval officer. By 1820 it was the ‘in’ thing to have at least a claim to know of his ideas. Thus Pushkin’s fictional man-about-town, Evgeni Onegin was given by his author the following characteristic: Theocrites and Homer bored him, But Adam Smith he read right through. In economics he was learned, He knew how wealth of nations grew, And how they lived and why they need Just simple products and not gold; Advice his father would not heed, The family estates were sold. (This is my attempt at translation. Actually the estates were mortgaged, but I failed to find the necessary rhyme.)

Keywords: Free Trade; Economic Thought; Fertile Land; Foreign Good; Paper Money (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1990
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-10991-3_1

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