Economics

Just Price, Competition, and Money in the Late Spanish Scholastics’ Thought

ABSTRACT

The conference drew the attention of Latin American scholars to a lesser-known tradition of thought among the late Spanish Scholastics that favored competition in free markets without abandoning the religious and theological roots of Scholasticism.

READING LIST

Conference Readings

Grice-Hutchinson, Marjorie, eds. The School of Salamanca. Auburn: The Ludwig Von Mises Institute, 2009.

Aquinas, Thomas. On Law, Morality, and Politics. Edited by William P. Baumgarth and Richard J. Regan. Indianapolis: Hackett Publishing Company, 1988.

de Azpilcueta S.J., Martín, “Commentary on the Resolution of Money (1556)” In Sourcebook in Late-Scholastic Monetary Theory: The Contributions of Martin de Azpilcueta, Luis de Molina, S.J., and Juan de Mariana, S.J, edited by Stephen J. Grabill, 69-80. Lanham: Lexington Books, 2007.

de Garcia, Francisco, “Tratado utilíssimo y muy general de todos los contractos” In The School of Salamanca, edited by Marjorie Grice-Hutchinson, 103-108. Auburn: The Ludwig Von Mises Institute, 2009.

de Mariana, S.J., Juan, “A Treatise on the Alteration of Money (1609)” In Sourcebook in Late-Scholastic Monetary Theory: The Contributions of Martin de Azpilcueta, Luis de Molina, S.J., and Juan de Mariana, S.J., edited by Stephen J. Grabill, 249-327. Lanham: Lexington Books, 2007.

de Mercado, Tomas. Tratos y contratos de mercaderes. Lexington: Publisher Unknown, 1569.

de Mercado, Tomas, “Tratos y contratos de mercaderes, 1569” In The School of Salamanca, edited by Marjorie Grice-Hutchinson, 96-103. Auburn: The Ludwig Von Mises Institute, 2009.

de Molina, Luis, “Disputationes de Contratibus, 1601” In The School of Salamanca, edited by Marjorie Grice-Hutchinson, 112-115. Auburn: The Ludwig Von Mises Institute, 2009.

de Soto, Domingo, “Of Justice and Law” In The School of Salamanca, edited by Marjorie Grice-Hutchinson, 83-88. Auburn: The Ludwig Von Mises Institute, 2009.

de Valencia, Pedro, “Discurso sobre el precio del trigo, 1605” In The School of Salamanca, edited by Marjorie Grice-Hutchinson, 116-119. Auburn: The Ludwig Von Mises Institute, 2009.

Gonzáles de Cellorigo, Martin, “Memorial de las politica necessária y útil restauracion a la Republica de Espana, 1600” In The School of Salamanca, edited by Marjorie Grice-Hutchinson, 108-112. Auburn: The Ludwig Von Mises Institute, 2009.

Menchaca, Fernando Vazquez. Controversiarum Illustrium, Libri Tres. Valladolid: Valladolid University, 1931.

Peutinger, Conrad. “Legal Opinion on the Concept of Monopoly.” Translated from German text by the Walter Eucken Institut for a Liberty Fund conference, Bleibach, Germany, May 14–17, 1998.

Saravia de la Calle, Luis, “Instruction of Merchants” In The School of Salamanca, edited by Marjorie Grice-Hutchinson, 79-82. Auburn: The Ludwig Von Mises Institute, 2009.