Finance ✦ Penny’s Take
The Principles of Economical Philosophy
Henry Dunning Macleod · 1875
58/100
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A genuinely rigorous 19th-century challenge to Adam Smith and Ricardo, and Macleod earns real respect in the history of economics for it. But this is dense academic prose written for scholars, not a book we'd hand to a general reader looking for practical or engaging content today.
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Verdict receipt0–100
Faith & family safety85
Substance / usefulness70
Craft & writing45
Originality75
Evidence & accuracy65
Hype vs delivers55
Age-fit30
Human-eye read40
Penny’s verdict58
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