"This thought-provoking monograph connects the idea of civil economy in Italian economic thought to the work of Thomas Aquinas. Its main thesis is that there is an alternative spirit of capitalism, with Catholic origins, and which has been carried through to the modern day via the Neapolitan...

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- 1​. To Serve God or Mammon? The Dialogue between Theology and Economics -- 2. The Rational Choice Model and Its Limitations -- 3. Happiness and the Distinctively Human Exercise of Practical Reason: The Metaphysical Backdrop -- 4....