The Scope and Method of Political Economy.

Later edition of this landmark methodological treatise on economics. From the personal collection of John Neville Keynes with his ownership signature to the front free endpaper, "J.N. Keynes." With pencil notes in his own hand on the copyright page pertaining to U.S. and Canadian reprint rights. John Neville Keynes (1852–1949) was an English economist and philosopher best known for his influential work in economic methodology, particularly The Scope and Method of Political Economy (1891), which helped clarify the distinction between positive and normative economics. A longtime administrator and lecturer at the University of Cambridge, he played a formative intellectual role in shaping the academic environment in which his son, economist John Maynard Keynes, developed, while also contributing independently to debates on logic, probability, and the philosophical foundations of economic science. Octavo, original publisher's cloth, fourth edition. In very good condition.