An Essay on Mediæval Economic Teaching

An Essay on Medieval Economic Teaching by George O'Brien is about the average medieval citizen's outlook on commerce, labor, and capitalism. Excerpt: «This essay aims to examine and present in as concise a form as possible the principles and rules which guided and regulated men in their economic and social relations during the period known as the Middle Ages. The failure of the teaching of the so-called orthodox or classical political economists to bring peace and security to society has caused those interested in social and economic problems to inquire with ever-increasing anxiety into the economic teaching which the orthodox economy replaced…»