The Legacy of Scholasticism in Economic Thought: Antecedents of Choice and Power

by Odd Langholm and Langholm

Book Overview

This book studies the development of ideas on freedom, coercion and power in the history of economic thought. It focuses on the exchange of goods and services and on terms of exchange (interest rates, prices and wages) and examines the nature of choice, that is, the state of the will of economic actors making exchange decisions. In a social context, anyone's range of choice is restricted by the choices made by others. The first to raise the question...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521032121
• ISBN13: 9780521032124
• Release Date: January 2008
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 228 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"