大卫・休谟（David Hume）是18世纪英国哲学家丶历史学家丶经济学家，他被视为哲学家当中最重要的人物之一，纵使他为哲学所做的贡献是被肯定的，但他在经济学方面的研究却是被忽略。在这本令人省思的书中，两位作者证明了大卫・休谟是最重要的早期资本主义理论家之一，经济学在这位哲学家的一生研究中是作为生活和写作的统一思路。作者让我们重新反思大卫・休谟对於现代经济学所带来的深远影响。本书对於资本主义历史丶启蒙运动和革命时代感兴趣的读者来说，是一本必不可少的读物，也是反思经济哲学基础的重要跳板。

书评

"Margaret Schabas and Carl Wennerlind’s A Philosopher’s Economist is the first book-length study in English exclusively devoted to Hume’s economic thought. . . . this book, suitably co-written by a philosopher and a historian, is a landmark achievement. It offers a wide-ranging survey of Hume’s political economy and views on commercial and financial matters in the Political Discourses, other essays, and his philosophical and historical writings, as well as his private correspondence. Hume’s writings and observations are contextualized with an eye to both intellectual and economic history. In a word, A Philosopher’s Economist is essential reading for Hume scholars and historians of economic thought alike."

― Journal of the History of Economic Thought

"[Schabas and Wennerlind's] exceptional study is a welcomed contribution. . . . A Philosopher’s Economist is a serious piece of scholarship that is well-researched and artfully written."

― LSE Review of Books

“Justice cannot be done to this authoritative and nuanced book in a short review. It balances deep contextualisation with insightful retrospective appraisal.”

― Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies

"While Hume is not entirely ignored by scholars of economics, his economic ideas have not had the impact of his philosophical endeavors. Margaret Schabas and Carl Wennerlind, two researchers with important interventions in contemporary Hume scholarship, disagree with this trend in their new and provocative book, A Philosopher’s Economist: Hume and the Rise of Capitalism. The two authors attempt to prove that economics was the center of Hume’s intellectual preoccupations and that Hume’s role in the history of economics should be reconsidered – on the one hand he should be seen as a key figure both in the early epistemology of economics and in the development of the actual theories and tools of this academic field; on the other hand, Hume is also presented as an ardent defender of capitalism as a means to improve human happiness and achieve political stability. . ."

― The Journal of Philosophical Economics: Reflections on Economic and Social Issues

“There is at last a comprehensive study of David Hume’s economic writings and his economic life and times. A Philosopher’s Economist is illuminating, surprising, and a pleasure to read.”

― Emma Rothschild, Harvard University

“In this engaging and thought-provoking book, Schabas and Wennerlind demonstrate both that David Hume was one of the most important early theorists of capitalism and that economics ‘serves as a unifying thread’ in the philosopher’s life work. This book is essential reading for those interested in the history of capitalism, the Enlightenment, and the age of revolutions. It is also vital to understanding the underpinnings of modern economic debates.”

― Steven Pincus, University of Chicago

“Fascinating and illuminating. Schabas and Wennerlind trace the principles of economics as a unifying thread for all of Hume’s work. The result is an overdue and highly invigorating work that promises to remain relevant for a long time.”

― Don Garrett, New York University

"...this is an excellent book and a major contribution to the literature on a topic that was in need of attention. It is one those books that can change our view of the history of economics."

-- Paul Oslington ― History of Economics Review

"The book is essentially a review of everything that Hume wrote on economics, organised by topic –economic methodology, property, moral improvement, money, international trade, and public finance. Schabas and Wennerlind are sure-footed guides to this material, attentive to textual detail and to historical context."

― Journal of Economic Methodology

“The best extant account of Hume’s economic theory. . . . Establishes the benchmark and is a distinguished contribution not only to Hume studies but to scholarship more widely.”

― The European Journal of the History of Economic Thought

"A Philosopher’s Economist is a well-organized, sharply focused, richly erudite, and beautifully narrated monograph on Hume’s economic thought—the product of many years of close academic collaboration between the two scholars. Though jointly authored, the book’s storytelling is so fluent and rigorous that it reads as if written by one author. . . . In short, Schabas and Wennerlind have presented us with an outstanding study of Hume’s economics for specialists and general readers alike. Without doubt, the book will soon establish itself as a modern classic in this genre and will maintain that status for the foreseeable future."

― Eighteenth-Century Scotland

关於作者

Margaret Schabas 是加拿大英属哥伦比亚大学（University of British Columbia）的哲学系教授，她着有《数字统治的世界》（A World Ruled by Number）和《经济学的自然起源》（The Natural Origins of Economics）等书。 

Carl Wennerlind是美国哥伦比亚大学（Columbia University）的历史系教授，也是《Casualties of Credit》一书的作者。

Margaret Schabas和Carl Wennerlind上一本合编着作是《大卫・休谟的政治经济学》（David Hume's Political Economy）。