Book Review: The Mediterranean tradition in economic thought by Louis Baeck

Islahi, Abdul Azim (2003): Book Review: The Mediterranean tradition in economic thought by Louis Baeck. Published in: Journal of King Abdulaziz University - Islamic Economics , Vol. 16, No. 1 (2003): pp. 55-58.

Abstract

This is a critical evaluation of the book entitled The Mediterranean Tradition in Economic Thought by Louis Baeck. In this book, in addition to a complete substantial and illuminating chapter on Islamic economic thought, references to Islamic and Arab scholars are scattered at various places in most of the chapters. It is this aspect of the work that must attract the attention of readers interested in Islamic economics. And that is the focus of this review.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Mediterranean Tradition in Economic Thought; Islamic economic thought; Arab economic thinking.
• Subjects: B - History of Economic Thought, Methodology, and Heterodox Approaches > B0 - General; B - History of Economic Thought, Methodology, and Heterodox Approaches > B1 - History of Economic Thought through 1925 > B11 - Preclassical (Ancient, Medieval, Mercantilist, Physiocratic)

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