Umfang:
1 online resource (250 pages)
Ausgabe:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9780415093019
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9780203168226
Inhalt:
This book considers the rich legacy of thinking on economic affairs in the Mediterranean basin, tracing it back over four thousand years before the rise of the Atlantic economies
Anmerkung:
Intro -- THE MEDITERRANEAN TRADITION IN ECONOMIC THOUGHT -- Copyright -- Contents -- The author -- Preface -- I The Mediterranean Tradition -- Mediterranean economic thought and Atlantic economics -- The roots of the tradition -- What is in the term 'tradition' -- The revival of the Mediterranean tradition -- The reading of ancient texts -- Economic humanism: a new theme -- II The Near Eastern Precursors -- The dawn of civilization -- The Mesopotamian legal tradition -- Pharaonic Egypt -- The biblical tradition -- Conclusion -- III The Contribution of the Greek Essayists and Philosophers -- The emergence of rationalism and securalism -- Essayists and pamphleteers in fourth-century Athens -- Plato's anti-economic tradition -- Aristotle explores the economy -- The historical trajectory of Aristotle's analysis -- IV The Economic Thought of Classical Islam and Its Revival -- Islam as a force in history -- The sources and their interpretation -- Law, jurisprudence and 'hisbah' -- The Persian tradition -- Kalam and Falsafa -- The global vision of Ibn Khaldun -- Transfer channels and impact in the West -- The revival of the Islamic tradition -- V The Economic Impact of the Cistercian Order -- The Weber thesis revisited -- Historical background -- The Cistercians and the rural economy -- A prototype of multinational agribusiness -- The development trap of the twelfth century -- As innovative corporate culture and structure -- The transition to the late Middle Ages -- VI Medieval Thought in the Latin West -- The late blooming of the Latin West -- The Roman legists -- The teaching of the canonists -- The contribution of scholastic theology -- Albertus Magnus and Thomas Aquinas -- The Languedocian Franciscan P.J.Olivi -- Money and the abuse of power -- The turn towards modern times
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VII Iberian Monetarism and Development Theories of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries -- The cultural and economic setting -- The great inflation -- The school of Salamanca -- A new perception of inflation -- Purchasing-power parity -- The political economists or 'arbitristas' -- Portuguese 'alvitrismo' -- Review and evaluation -- The historical unfolding of theories and their sources -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Weitere Ausg.:
Print version Baeck, Louis The Mediterranean Tradition in Economic Thought Oxford : Taylor & Francis Group,c1994 ISBN 9780415093019
Sprache:
Englisch
Schlagwort(e):
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