The history of economic ideas : historical thought in contemporary context

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Illustrations -- 1 An Overview of the History of Economic Ideas -- Why Study the History of Economic Ideas? -- A Very Brief Summary of 2,000 Years of Economic Ideas -- Notes -- References -- Suggestions for Further Reading and Online Resources -- 2 The Ethical Foundations of Economics -- Chapter Overview -- The Idea of Justice in Ancient Economic Thought -- Ethics and Economics in the Scholastic Tradition -- Adam Smith's Moral Philosophy -- Modern Welfare Economics: Pareto Efficiency and Social Welfare -- The Ethical Perspectives of Rawls and Sen -- Insights from Behavioral and Experimental Economics -- Chapter Conclusion -- Questions for Review and Discussion -- Notes -- References -- 3 Property Rights from Plato to the 21st Century -- Chapter Overview -- Theories of Property Rights in the Ancient World -- The Idea of Property in the Middle Ages -- Property Rights in the Age of Enlightenment and Classical Economics -- Karl Marx's Challenge to the Private Property System -- Modern Perspectives on Property Rights -- Chapter Conclusion -- Questions for Review and Discussion -- Notes -- References -- 4 The Emergence of Modern Price Theory -- Chapter Overview -- Aristotle's Legacy: Justice in Exchange -- Just Price in the Roman Law Tradition -- The Just Price Concept in Scholastic Economic Thought -- Pre-Classical Theories of Value: Petty, Cantillon, and the Physiocrats -- The Labor Theory of Value in Classical Economics -- The Marginalist Revolution -- Toward Modern Price Theory: Alfred Marshall's Synthesis -- Chapter Conclusion -- Questions for Review and Discussion -- Notes -- References -- 5 Money, Lending, and Interest -- Chapter Overview -- Money and Usury in the Ancient Scholarship -- Money and Interest in Early Islamic and Christian Scholarship