Faith and Liberty - The Economic Thought of the Late Scholastics

Informationen zum Autor Alejandro A. Chafuen Klappentext Most people think that free-market ideas and theories were first substanially developed in the eighteenth century by figures such as Adam Smith. In this revised edition of Faith and Liberty, Alejandro A. Chafuen illustrates this misconception by examining the sixteenth and seventeenth century writings of a group of Catholic theologians and philosophers, known as the Late-Scholastics. In this revised ediiton, Chafuen blosters his case by including recent and pertinent material which gives rise to new questions and concerns. Zusammenfassung Examines the 16th- and 17th-century economic writings of a group of Catholic theologians and philosophers! known as the Late-Scholastics. This revised ediiton has additional material which gives rise to new questions and concerns. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 The Late Scholastics Chapter 2 The Scholastic Approach to Economics Chapter 3 Private Property Chapter 4 Public Finance Chapter 5 The Theory of Money Chapter 6 Commerce, Merchants, and Tradesmen Chapter 7 Value and Price Chapter 8 Distributive Justice Chapter 9 Wages Chapter 10 Profits Chapter 11 Interest and Banking Chapter 12 Late-Scholastic Economics Compared with "Classical Liberal" Economics

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• Authors: Alejandro A Chafuen, Alejandro A. Chafuen, Alejandro A. (Formerly Professor of Econo Chafuen, Alejandro Antonio Chafuen
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 07.05.2003
• EAN: 9780739105412
• ISBN: 978-0-7391-0541-2
• No. of pages: 176
• Series: Studies in Ethics and Economic; Studies in Ethics and Economics; Studies in Ethics and Economics
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Miscellaneous; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / Theory, Economic theory & philosophy, Economic theory and philosophy