Joost Hengstmengel

Divine Providence in Early Modern Economic Thought

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book examines the doctrine of divine providence and how it served as explanation and justification in economic debates in the sixteenth, seventeenth and eighteenth centuries throughout Western Europe.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Mai 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 540g
• ISBN-13: 9780367194567
• ISBN-10: 0367194562
• Artikelnr.: 56849381

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction 2. The history of divine providence 3. International trade:
God's universal economy 4. Division of labour: the divine ordering of
society 5. Value and price: a providential abundance of necessities 6.
Self-interest: the invisible hand of God 7. Poverty and inequality: rich
and poor God-willed 8. Conclusions