ek dashe bahut baare, lekhaak ek aside par vichar kar rahi thi Robert Heilbroner ke "The Worldly Philosophers" se, jismein note kiya gaya tha ke economic prakaar Maria Edgeworth usake doston mein thi. economics ki received history mahilayon se khali hogi, sirf Adam Smith, Thomas Malthus, David Ricardo aur lambi line ke Jameses aur Johns. shayad yeh kyun kiya gaya ki lekhak khud ek 25 saal ki naari thi jo macroeconomics cover karti thi, ek field jo lambi samay se male-dominated aur sexism se bhara ho raha tha. Usne Edgeworth ko dhundha, teenie century ke shuruavartan par ek pramukh Irish lekhaak jo Jane Austen se bohot zyada kamati thi. Sir Walter Scott uski pen pal aur protege the, aur Lord Byron usse envied tha.

David Ricardo aur Thomas Malthus usse close friend maante the. Usne Edgeworth ki sabse pramukh kitab 'Castle Rackrent' 1800 se khareedne ka prayas kiya tha, lekin yeh print mein dhundna mushkil tha. Jo usne padha, usne usko shock kiya. upanyas mein, Irish landowners ke fall par ek comedy, Edgeworth ne sirf thoda sa economics ka zikr nahi kiya tha.

Bade hisab se clearly uske around construct kiya gaya tha Adams Smith ke 1776 ke fundamental text "The Wealth of Nations". Edgeworth price setting, monopolies, aur productive land management par likh rahi thi. Economics bhi title mein tha: Smith ne irrationally high land charges ko "racked rent" kaha tha.

Academic journals dikhaye gaye the ke khaas kamyabi ke logon ne Edgeworth contribution ko clock kiya tha. Economic historian William Henderson ek baar "Castle Rackrent" ko "literary extension" of Smith ka kaam kaha tha, iska argment tha ke usne "extended the influence" of early economics kiya tha. Susan Manly University of St. Andrews mein bhi Edgeworth ke economics ka heavy use par likha tha.

Usne aur Edgeworth kitabein order ki aur padhi, bahut si kitabein shayad dhyan se conceal political economy ke lessons rakhti thi. 1795 mein published "Letters for Literary Ladies", Edgeworth ne Smith ke monopoly kiya gyaan use gendered labor market par apply kiya, logon ko argue kiya ke men economy of ideas ko rok rahe the women ko literature aur academics se bahar rakh kar. Uske 1809 ke upanyas "Ennui" Smith aur Malthus ke ideas par build hui thi taaki broad education aur free trade ke liye ladai ki ja sake. Uske bachon ke liye likhi gayi likhen full of tales about gains from trade aur division of labor.