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Economists, political economists, entrepreneurs and statesmen whose theories, firms and constitutions organise money and power.
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Thomas Hobbes
1588 – 1679Leviathan founded the modern theory of sovereignty and the social contract.
United Kingdom·Politics · Philosophy
John Locke
1632 – 1704Consent, property and toleration — the template for liberal constitutions.
United Kingdom·Politics · Philosophy
Mary Wollstonecraft
1759 – 1797A Vindication of the Rights of Woman founded feminist political theory.
United Kingdom·Politics · Philosophy · Literature
John Stuart Mill
1806 – 1873Principles of Political Economy and On Liberty joined markets to individual freedom.
United Kingdom·Political Economy · Philosophy · Politics
John Maynard Keynes
1883 – 1946Argued governments should spend in a slump — and every modern state now does.
United Kingdom·Economics · PoliticsFull profile