Economics has its roots as far back as the Hammurabi code, but the following are considered some of the most influential theorists. Adam Smith John Stuart Mill Robert Malthus Karl Marx John Maynard Keynes Pick one of the above (or find another historical economist)to investigate. Report to the discussion a topic of interest that you see that the theories (writings of these famous economists) still are followed or have application in today\'s world. If the economist you are interested in has already been discussed, relate the economist\'s work to another issue or from a different perspective. Solution John Stuart Mill was a British philosopher, political economist and civil servant. He was an influential contributor to social theory, political theory and political economy. He has been called \"the most influential English-speaking philosopher of the nineteenth century\". Mill\'s conception of liberty justified the freedom of the individual in opposition to unlimited state control. Mill expresses his view on freedom by illustrating how an individual\'s amelioration of personal quality and self-improvement is the sole source of true freedom. Only when an individual is able to attain such a beneficial standard of one\'s self, whilst in the absence of rendering external onerosity upon others, in their own journey to procure a higher calibre of self-worth, that true freedom prevails. Mill\'s attitude toward freedom and individual accomplishment through self-improvement has inspired many. By establishing an appreciable level of worthiness concerned with one\'s ability to fulfill personal standards of notability and merit, Mill was able to provide many with a principal example of how they should achieve such particular values. He was a proponent of utilitarianism, an ethical theory developed by Jeremy Bentham. He worked on the theory of the scientific method.Mill was also a Member of Parliament and an important figure in liberal political philosophy. ohn Stuart Mill was born on Rodney Street in the Pentonville area of London, the eldest son of the Scottish philosopher, historian and economist James Mill, and Harriet Burrow. John Stuart was educated by his father, with the advice and assistance of Jeremy Bentham andFrancis Place. He was given an extremely rigorous upbringing, and was deliberately shielded from association with children his own age other than his siblings. His father, a follower of Bentham and an adherent of associationism, had as his explicit aim to create a genius intellect that would carry on the cause of utilitarianism and its implementation after he and Bentham had died. Mill was a notably precocious child. He describes his education in his autobiography. At the age of three he was taught Greek.By the age of eight, he had read Aesop\'s Fables , Xenophon\'s Anabasis ,and the whole of Herodotus, and was acquainted with Lucian, Diogenes La .

1. Economics has its roots as far back as the Hammurabi code, but the following are considered
some of the most influential theorists.
Adam Smith
John Stuart Mill
Robert Malthus
Karl Marx
John Maynard Keynes
Pick one of the above (or find another historical economist)to investigate. Report to the
discussion a topic of interest that you see that the theories (writings of these famous economists)
still are followed or have application in today's world. If the economist you are interested in has
already been discussed, relate the economist's work to another issue or from a different
perspective.
Solution
John Stuart Mill was a British philosopher, political economist and civil servant. He was an
influential contributor to social theory, political theory and political economy. He has been called
"the most influential English-speaking philosopher of the nineteenth century". Mill's
conception of liberty justified the freedom of the individual in opposition to unlimited state
control.
Mill expresses his view on freedom by illustrating how an individual's amelioration of personal
quality and self-improvement is the sole source of true freedom. Only when an individual is able
to attain such a beneficial standard of one's self, whilst in the absence of rendering external
onerosity upon others, in their own journey to procure a higher calibre of self-worth, that true
freedom prevails. Mill's attitude toward freedom and individual accomplishment through self-
improvement has inspired many. By establishing an appreciable level of worthiness concerned
with one's ability to fulfill personal standards of notability and merit, Mill was able to provide
many with a principal example of how they should achieve such particular values.
He was a proponent of utilitarianism, an ethical theory developed by Jeremy Bentham. He
worked on the theory of the scientific method.Mill was also a Member of Parliament and an
important figure in liberal political philosophy.

2. ohn Stuart Mill was born on Rodney Street in the Pentonville area of London, the eldest son of
the Scottish philosopher, historian and economist James Mill, and Harriet Burrow. John Stuart
was educated by his father, with the advice and assistance of Jeremy Bentham andFrancis Place.
He was given an extremely rigorous upbringing, and was deliberately shielded from association
with children his own age other than his siblings. His father, a follower of Bentham and an
adherent of associationism, had as his explicit aim to create a genius intellect that would carry on
the cause of utilitarianism and its implementation after he and Bentham had died.
Mill was a notably precocious child. He describes his education in his autobiography. At the age
of three he was taught Greek.By the age of eight, he had read Aesop's Fables , Xenophon's
Anabasis ,and the whole of Herodotus, and was acquainted with Lucian, Diogenes La