Smith examined the economic states of various nations in the worldRicardo was opposed to the interests of the landowning classMill believed the future stationary state was both inevitable, necessary and desirableMarx replaced the concept of a stationary state with a vision of a communist society that would bring about abundance for everybodyKeynes predicted that capital accumulation would soon reach saturation and bring about a quasi-stationary community
Daly recommends the establishment of a steady-state economy by political action
