A Source Book on Early Monetary Thought

Edited by Edward W. Fuller, Palo Alto, CA, US

Contents:

Foreword by Jesús Huerta de Soto vii
Foreword by Joseph T. Salerno viii

1 Introduction: The Aristotelian Monetary Tradition 1
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2 Aristotle: Nicomachean Ethics (c. 350 BC) 8
3 Aristotle: Politics (c. 350 BC) 11
4 Albert the Great: Commentary on Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics (c. 1262) 14
5 Albert the Great: Commentary on Aristotle’s Politics (c. 1263) 21
6 Thomas Aquinas: Commentary on Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics (c. 1271) 29
7 Thomas Aquinas: Commentary on Aristotle’s Politics (c. 1272) 34
8 Peter John Olivi: A Treatise on Contracts (c. 1295) 41
9 Jean Buridan: Commentary on Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics (c. 1336) 47
10 Jean Buridan: Commentary on Aristotle’s Politics (c. 1349) 54
11 Nicholas Oresme: Treatise on Money (1358) 70
12 Gabriel Biel: On the Power and Utility of Moneys (1495) 89
13 Copernicus: Essay on the Coinage of Money (1526) 96
14 Luís Saravia de la Calle: Instructions for Merchants (1544) 103
15 Martín de Azpilcueta: On Exchange (1556) 105
16 Tomás de Mercado: Manual of Deals and Contracts (1569) 113
17 Sir Thomas Smith: A Discourse of the Commonweal of this Realm of
England (1581) 114
18 Francisco García: A Very General and Useful Treatise on Contracts (1583) 120
19 Bernardo Davanzati: A Discourse upon Coins (1588) 123
20 Luís de Molina: A Treatise on Money (1597) 132
21 Leonard Lessius: On Buying and Selling (1605) 134
22 Juan de Mariana: A Treatise on the Alteration of Money (1609) 137
23 Hugo Grotius: The Rights of War and Peace (1625) 168
24 Samuel Pufendorf: The Elements of Universal Jurisprudence (1660) 171
25 Samuel Pufendorf: The Whole Duty of Man (1673) 174
26 John Locke: Some Considerations of the Consequences of the Lowering
of Interest, and Raising the Value of Money (1691) 177
27 Dudley North: Discourses upon Trade (1691) 194
28 Isaac Gervaise: The System or Theory of the Trade of the World (1720) 206
29 Richard Cantillon: An Essay on Economic Theory (1730) 217
30 Jacob Vanderlint: Money Answers All Things (1734) 244
31 Francis Hutcheson: Philosophiae Moralis Institutio Compendiaria (1747) 246
32 Ferdinando Galiani: On Money (1751) 248
33 David Hume: Of Money (1752) 260
34 David Hume: Of Interest (1752) 267
35 David Hume: Of the Balance of Trade (1752) 274
36 Joseph Harris: An Essay upon Money and Coins (1757–58) 283
37 A.R.J. Turgot: Reflections on the Formation and Distribution of Wealth (1766) 289
38 Étienne Bonnot de Condillac: Commerce and Government Considered
in Their Mutual Relationship (1776) 296

Index 310