Early Economic Thought: Selected Writings from Aristotle to Hume

Early Economic Thought: Selected Writings from Aristotle to Hume by Monroe, Arthur Eli. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780486447933.

A vital and varied survey of economic theory in the pre-modern era, this well-chosen collection includes extracts from the works of Aristotle, Thomas Aquinas, Antonio Serra, David Hume, and twelve other extraordinary thinkers. 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. Translated and annotated by noted Harvard educator Arthur Eli Monroe, these writings offer invaluable background to students of modern economic theory. Sufficiently varied to reflect the wealth of available material, they include highlights from Aristotles Politics and Nicomachean Ethics, St. Thomas Aquinass Summa Theologica, Thomas Muns Englands Treasure by Forraign Trade, and David Humes Political Discourses. Helpful biographical notes appear at the start of each authors work.