1st Edition
The Medieval Debate on Money and Interest A Comparative Perspective on Ethics and Economics
138 Pages
by
Routledge
138 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book examines the medieval debate on the role of money and credit in the Islamic and Western Christian worlds.
Starting from Aristotle's vision of the ethical and egalitarian use of wealth, fundamental to both Islamic and Christian thinkers, it highlights how the two visions of money and credit share a strong ethical-religious foundation. However, thinking on monetary and credit matters in... Read more
About the Authors
Introduction
1 The Philosophical Foundation of Medieval Reflection on Money and Credit
2 Money and Credit in Medieval Islamic Thought
3 The Christian West Faced with the Evolution of the Monetary System
4 Food for Thought from a Comparison
Conclusion
Index
Biography
Guido Tortorella Esposito is Associate Professor of the History of Economic Thought at the University of Sannio and a member of the History of Economic Thought research group at Complutense University of Madrid.
Stefano Figuera is Associate Professor of Political Economy at the Department of Law of the University of Catania (Italy) where he teaches Political Economy and History of Political Economy.
