Faith and Liberty (eBook)

The Economic Thought of the Late Scholastics

Alejandro A. Chafuen (Autor)

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2003 | 2nd edition
176 Seiten
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-0-7391-5491-5 (ISBN)

Infos

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.

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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. The Late- Scholastics, as they are called, were the first to engage in a systematic moral analysis of the ethical issues associated with trade and commerce. In doing so, they arrived at solutions that are in many senses indistinguishable from the ideas of many modern free market commentators. In this revised ediiton, Chafuen blosters his case by including recent and pertinent material which gives rise to new questions and concerns. Reading this book will force to consider what they understand to be an authentiaclly Christian approach to economic questions.

Autor

Alejandro A. Chafuen is the President and CEO of Atlas Economic Research Foundation. He has served as Professor of Economics at the National Hispanic University in Oakland, California.

Inhalt

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

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 7.5.2003
• Reihe/Serie: Studies in Ethics and Economics
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Politik / Gesellschaft
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Religionsgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte
• Themenwelt: Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Religionspädagogik / Katechetik
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre
• ISBN-10: 0-7391-5491-5 / 0739154915
• ISBN-13: 978-0-7391-5491-5 / 9780739154915