In this work, Rutherford reviews why Adam Smith, Hayek, Mises and others praised economic markets, with a view to understanding, in contrast, historical attacks on markets dating as far back as Aristotle. The market has long been criticized as an inappropriate method of allocation, encouraging...

Adam Smith’s version of Virtue Ethics can be traced directly back to Plato (Socrates) and Aristotle. Smith basically skipped Aquinas and Augustine because they were also Catholic theologians, as well as philosophers. Referencing them would not have been looked upon kindly by the Scottish...

Einleitung: Der ‚böse‘ Markt und der ‚gute‘ Markt -- Das Vorhaben: Dekonstruktion und Rekonstruktion des Marktes -- Der Markt, durch die Brille der Logik betrachtet -- Das Ziel: Aufklärung über die Verwendung des Marktbegriffs.-Der Marktbegriff im Auge des Betrachters: Die Logikbrille...