Erik S. Reinert is a Professor of Technology Governance and Development Strategies, at Tallinn University of Technology. He is also Honorary Professor at theInstitute for Innovation and Public Purpose, University College London.
Philipp Robinson Rössner is a Professor (chair) of Early Modern History, The University of Manchester.

Introduction; 1 Barthélemy de Laffemas (1545-ca. 1611) as an Early Economist: Context and Scholarly Voices in the English-language Literature, Erik S. Reinert and Philipp Robinson Rössner; 2 General Regulation for the Establishment of Manufactures (1597), Barthélemy de Laffemas Translated from the original French by Philip Stewart; 3 Leonhard Fronsperger (1520-ca. 1575) as an Early Apology of the Market Economy, Rainer Klump and Lars Pilz; 4 Leonhard Fronsperger 'On the Praise of Self-Interest' (1564), Translated from the original Early New High German by Philipp Robinson Rössner with Julia McLachlan