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Jacob Soll, "Free Market: The History of an Idea" (Basic Books, 2022)

New Books in Intellectual History

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The Intersection of Faith and Early Economic Thought

This chapter examines the historical link between agrarian society and market thought as presented by early church fathers and Franciscans. It discusses their use of market language in relation to salvation and wealth, and explores the development of early economic theories amid their vows of poverty and the rising merchant class.

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