History of Economic Thought (Economic Doctrines)

  1. Pre-Classical Economic Thought
    1. Ancient Greek Economic Ideas
      1. Plato's Economic Philosophy
        1. The Republic and Economic Organization
          1. Specialization and Division of Labor
            1. Views on Private Property and Wealth
              1. Role of Guardians and Producers
                1. Critique of Unlimited Acquisition
                2. Xenophon's Contributions
                  1. Oeconomicus and Household Management
                    1. Efficiency and Leadership Principles
                      1. Division of Labor in the Household
                        1. Ways and Means and Public Finance
                        2. Aristotelian Economic Thought
                          1. Politics and Economic Organization
                            1. Nicomachean Ethics and Economic Justice
                              1. Art of Acquisition
                                1. Oikonomia vs Chrematistics
                                  1. Natural vs Unnatural Economic Activities
                                  2. Theory of Exchange
                                    1. Justice in Exchange
                                      1. Reciprocal Proportion
                                      2. Money and Interest
                                        1. Functions of Money
                                          1. Condemnation of Usury
                                      3. Roman Economic Thought
                                        1. Practical Orientation of Roman Economics
                                          1. Agricultural Economics
                                            1. Cato the Elder's De Agricultura
                                              1. Varro's Agricultural Treatises
                                                1. Columella's Rural Economy
                                                2. Public Finance and Administration
                                                  1. Taxation Systems
                                                    1. Public Works and Infrastructure
                                                      1. Military Economics
                                                    2. Medieval Economic Thought
                                                      1. Christian Scholasticism
                                                        1. Role of the Church in Economic Life
                                                          1. Early Church Fathers
                                                            1. St Augustine on Wealth and Poverty
                                                              1. St Jerome on Economic Ethics
                                                              2. High Scholasticism
                                                                1. St Thomas Aquinas
                                                                  1. Just Price Theory
                                                                    1. Condemnation of Usury
                                                                      1. Private Property as Social Stewardship
                                                                        1. Common Good and Economic Justice
                                                                        2. Duns Scotus and Economic Ethics
                                                                        3. Late Scholasticism
                                                                          1. School of Salamanca
                                                                            1. Francisco de Vitoria
                                                                              1. Luis de Molina
                                                                              2. Concepts of Charity and Almsgiving
                                                                              3. Islamic Economic Thought
                                                                                1. Sharia and Economic Life
                                                                                  1. Early Islamic Economists
                                                                                    1. Abu Yusuf on Public Finance
                                                                                      1. Al-Mawardi on State Economics
                                                                                      2. Ibn Khaldun's Contributions
                                                                                        1. Muqaddimah and Economic Analysis
                                                                                          1. Division of Labor Theory
                                                                                            1. Role of the State in Economy
                                                                                              1. Supply and Demand Concepts
                                                                                                1. Cyclical Theory of Dynasties
                                                                                                  1. Taxation and Economic Decline
                                                                                                  2. Islamic Financial Principles
                                                                                                    1. Prohibition of Usury (Riba)
                                                                                                      1. Zakat and Wealth Redistribution
                                                                                                        1. Partnership and Risk-Sharing
                                                                                                      2. Jewish Economic Thought
                                                                                                        1. Talmudic Economic Principles
                                                                                                          1. Maimonides on Economic Ethics
                                                                                                            1. Medieval Jewish Commercial Practices

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