Pre-Classical Economic Thought From the Greeks to the Scottish Enlig
The scholars invited to contribute the primary essays for this collection were given three mandates. The first was to survey the contemporary research in their assigned fields and to provide a bibliography that would give any interested scholar an entree
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Recent Economic Thought Series Warren J. Samuels, Editor Michigan State University East Lansing, Michigan, U.S.A.
Other titles in the series: Feiwel, G. R., Samuelson and Neoclassical Economics Wade, L. L., Political Economy: Modern Views Zimbalist, A., Comparative Economic Systems: Recent Views Darity, W., Labor Economics: Modern Views Jarsulic, M., Money and Macro Policy Samuelson, L., Microeconomic Theory Bromley, D., Natural Resource Economics: Policy Problems and Contemporary Analysis Mirowski, P., The Reconstruction of Economic Theory Field, A. J., The Future of Economic History
This series is devoted to works that present divergent views on the development, prospects, and tensions within some important research areas of international economic thought. Among the fields covered are macromonetary POlICY, public finance, labor and political economy. The emphasis of the series is on providing a critical, constructive view of each of these fields, as well as a forum through which leading scholars of international reputation may voice their perspectives on important related issues. Each volume in the series wlll be self-contained; together these volumes will provide dramatic evidence of the variety of economic thought within the scholarly community
Pre-Classical Economic Thought From the Greeks to the Scottish Enlightenment
edited by S. Todd Lowry Professor of Economics and Administration Washington and Lee University
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Kluwer Academic Publishers Boston/OordrechtiLancaster
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Contents
Contributing Authors
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Preface
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Introduction S. Todd Lowry
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The Greek Heritage in Economic Thought S. Todd Lowry
Commentary by William F. Campbell The Old Art of Political Economy
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Biblical and Early Judeo-Christian Thought: Genesis to Augustine Barry Gordon
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Commentary by Roman A. Ohrenstein Some Socioeconomic Aspects of Judaic Thought
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4 Islamic Economic Thought M. Yassine Essid
Commentary by Timur Kuran Continuity and Change in Islamic Economic Thought
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