Early Economic Thought
Selections from Economic Literature Prior to Adam Smith
Published on 14. June 2022
294 pages
978-1-83974-807-3 (ISBN)
Description
A survey of economic theory in the pre-modern era, this collection includes extracts from the works of Aristotle, Thomas Aquinas, Antonio Serra, and David Hume. Their writings in this volume illustrate the ways in which great thinkers of the past sought to argue for and explain the moral, ethical, monetary, and political dimensions of trade and exchange.
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Content
- Intro
- TABLE OF CONTENTS
- PREFACE
- I - ARISTOTLE
- NOTE
- THE POLITICS
- BOOK I
- BOOK II
- THE NICOMACHEAN ETHICS
- BOOK V
- II - XENOPHON
- NOTE
- ON THE MEANS OF IMPROVING THE REVENUES OF THE STATE OF ATHENS
- CHAPTER I
- CHAPTER II
- CHAPTER III
- CHAPTER IV
- CHAPTER V
- CHAPTER VI
- III - ST. THOMAS AQUINAS
- NOTE
- SUMMA THEOLOGICA
- QUESTION LXXVII - ON FRAUD COMMITTED IN BUYING AND SELLING
- QUESTION LXXVIII - OF THE SIN OF USURY, WHICH IS COMMITTED IN LOANS
- IV - NICOLE ORESME
- NOTE
- ON THE FIRST INVENTION OF MONEY
- V - CAROLUS MOLINAEUS
- NOTE
- A TREATISE ON CONTRACTS AND USURY
- VI - LA REPONSE DE JEAN BODIN
- NOTE
- JEAN BODIN'S REPLY TO THE PARADOXES OF MALESTROIT CONCERNING THE DEARNESS OF ALL THINGS AND THE REMEDY THEREFOR
- VII - ANTONIO SERRA
- NOTE
- A BRIEF TREATISE ON THE CAUSES WHICH CAN MAKE GOLD AND SILVER PLENTIFUL IN KINGDOMS WHERE THERE ARE NO MINES
- I
- II
- III
- IV
- V
- VI
- VII
- VIII
- IX
- VIII - THOMAS MUN
- ENGLAND'S TREASURE BY FORRAIGN TRADE
- CHAPTER II
- CHAPTER III
- CHAPTER IV
- CHAPTER X
- CHAPTER XI
- CHAPTER XVII
- CHAPTER XVIII
- CHAPTER XX
- IX - SIR WILLIAM PETTY
- NOTE
- A TREATISE OF TAXES & CONTRIBUTIONS
- CHAPTER IV
- CHAPTER V
- X - PHILIPP W. VON HORNICK
- OESTERREICH ÜBER ALLES, WANN ES NURNUR WILL
- NOTE
- AUSTRIA OVER ALL IF SHE ONLY WILL
- I
- II
- III
- IV
- V
- VI
- XI - RICHARD CANTILLON
- NOTE
- ON THE NATURE OF COMMERCE IN GENERAL
- I
- II
- III
- IV
- V
- VI
- VIII
- XII - FERDINANDO GALIANI
- NOTE
- MONEY
- I
- II
- XIII - DAVID HUME
- NOTE
- POLITICAL DISCOURSES
- OF INTEREST
- OF THE BALANCE OF TRADE
- XIV - FRANÇOIS QUESNAY
- NOTE
- EXPLANATION OF THE ECONOMIC TABLE
- XV - ANNE ROBERT JACQUES TURGOT
- NOTE
- ON THE FORMATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF RICHES
- XVI - JONANN H. G. YON JUSTI
- PUBLIC FINANCE
- BOOK IV - GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF TAXES AND CONTRIBUTIONS
- BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTES
