| Aristotle's Economic Thought Revised Edition Contributor(s): Meikle, Scott (Author) |
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ISBN: 0198152256 ISBN-13: 9780198152255 Publisher: Clarendon Press OUR PRICE: $65.55 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 1997 Annotation: It is argued here that Aristotle does develop a coherent theory of economic value, wealth, exchange, and money, but that this theory cannot be assimilated to what we call 'economics' because its metaphysical foundation is incompatible with the Human metaphysics on which economics is built. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | History & Surveys - Ancient & Classical - Philosophy | Ethics & Moral Philosophy - Business & Economics | Economics - Theory |
| Dewey: 330 |
| Lexile Measure: 1520 |
| Physical Information: 0.55" H x 5.45" W x 8.52" (0.61 lbs) 224 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) - Cultural Region - Greece |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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 strongly supported 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 competitors over the same ground--as rival sources of reasons for decision-making in tihe public realm, and they cannot be reconciled. |