Origins of economic thought and justice /

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Author / Creator:Spengler, Joseph J. (Joseph John), 1902-1991.
Imprint:Carbondale, Ill. : Southern Illinois University Press, ©1980.
Description:1 online resource (xv, 174 pages)
Language:English
Series:Political and social economy series
Political and social economy.
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URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11107291
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ISBN:058518660X
9780585186603
0809309475
9780809309474
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-170) and index.
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Other form:Print version: Spengler, Joseph John, 1902- Origins of economic thought and justice. Carbondale, Ill. : Southern Illinois University Press, ©1980 0809309475
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Summary:Complete with extensive bibliography, this copiously annotated study probes the roots of contemporary economic thought, focusing on the interaction be-tween economic and ethical thought and on conditions responsible for the emer-gence of orderly economic systems. Spengler examines the basis of eco-nomic thought among the ancients, then looks specifically at Mesopotamia, India, China, and Greece. His final chapter is a historical consideration of political economy and ethics from Aris-totle to the present. In Mesopotamia, the system of weights and measures and regulatory codes reinforced customary practice. In India the economy was regulated by the state, but China, except for a few laws regulating consumption, remained eco-nomically free. The Greeks, with a theory of natural order, contributed the idea of economic justice; only Greece freed itself from mythopoetic elements domi-nant in earlier economic thought.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xv, 174 pages)
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-170) and index.
ISBN:058518660X
9780585186603
0809309475
9780809309474