Aristotle's Economic Thought

Aristotle's Economic Thought

by Meikle, Scott

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Since the middle ages, Aristotle has been hailed as the father of economics by economists, while classical scholars hold that he did no economics at all, only ethics. This book argues that Aristotle does develop a coherent theory of value, wealth, exchange, and money, which is stronglysupported by his metaphysics. But its very metaphysical foundation make the theory impossible to assimilate to Neo-Classical economics or any other kind of economic thinking, and it therefore remains an ethical th…

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  • Full title :Aristotle's Economic Thought.

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Since the middle ages, Aristotle has been hailed as the father of economics by economists, while classical scholars hold that he did no economics at all, only ethics. This book argues that Aristotle does develop a coherent theory of value, wealth, exchange, and money, which is stronglysupported by his metaphysics. But its very metaphysical foundation make the theory impossible to assimilate to Neo-Classical economics or any other kind of economic thinking, and it therefore remains an ethical theory. On Aristotelian metaphysical principles, ethics and economics are competitorsover the same gr.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:1997.

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The Physical Object

  • Description:1 online resource (224 pages)

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9780198152255, 0198152256, 1280764627, 9781280764622
  • oclc:on1027191628
  • LC Classification:HB77
  • Dewey Decimal:330.092

Subjects

To 1800

Writers

Meikle, Scott

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