Political Economy
Political Economy
by J.C.L. Simonde de Sismondi
1815
Chapter 1
Objects and Origins of the Science
Political economy is the name given to an important division of the science of government. The object of government is, or ought to be, the happiness of men, united in society; it seeks the means of securing to them the highest degree of felicity compatible with their nature, and at the same time of allowing the greatest possible number of individuals to partak ...