Table of Contents

Preface. Introduction. Part 1: Classical Political Economy on Trial in Germany 1. Philosophers Put Classical Political Economy on Trial 2. Sources of German Political Economy as a Building-Block of National Identity 3. Nonetheless an Ode to Odious Capitalism? Part 2: The Political Economy of "Menschen" and "Kultur" 4. The Historical Economists of Germany 5. The Economics of State Administration and Government-Administered Economics 6. A Place for Marx Part 3: Out of Antiquity Again and (re-)Reading Modernity 7. Ancient Classical Philosophy as One Source of Menger’s Thought 8. The Modern Philosophical Source of Menger’s Thought 9. The Origins of Austrian Marginalism Conclusion Appendix A: The Menger Archives