Political Economy for the People Author:George Tucker Tucker's last work, prepared a decade and a half after his retirement, provides a simplified yet systematic summation of his economic principles. "The whole subject is treated as a summary of his wisdom and experience. His essential view, however, did not change." Dictionary of American Biography. "Tucker's contributions demonstrate the h... more »igh achievement of the Southern contingent among antebellum economic writers in the United States." The New Palgrave« less