A vital and varied survey of economic theory in the pre-modern era, this well-chosen collection includes extracts from the works of Aristotle, Thomas Aquinas, Antonio Serra, and David Hume. A marvelous illustration of how great thinkers of the past sought to explain the moral, ethical, monetary, and political dimensions of trade and exchange. Unabridged republication of the edition published by Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1924.
General Economic History by Max Weber Starting with descriptions and analyses of the agrarian systems, the famed economist explores manorial system, guilds, and early capitalism, organization of industry and mining, development of commerce, the transporting of goods, and more.
The Wealth of Nations: Representative Selections by Adam Smith Milestone of political philosophy and first systematic formulation of classical English economics. Emphasizes concept of labor as only source of wealth, and defines wealth as access to convenience and pleasure.
