Justice in the Marketplace in Early Modern Spain: Saravia, Villalon and the Religious Origins of Economic Analysis

Justice in the Marketplace in Early Modern Spain examines the religious views and motivations of the late scholastic authors Cristobal de Villalon and Luis Saravia de la Calle . Michael Thomas D’Emic explains their technical and moral analysis of contemporary financial markets in the context of these motivations and provides critical commentary on their conclusions in the light of modern economic and financial theory.