Beschreibung:
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.
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