A Brief History of International Trade Thought: From Pre-doctrinal Contributions to Contemporary Neoclassical Economics
A Brief History of International Trade Thought: From Pre-doctrinal Contributions to Contemporary Neoclassical Economics

A Brief History of International Trade Thought: From Pre-doctrinal Contributions to Contemporary Neoclassical Economics

Summary/Abstract: The present paper outlines the development of international trade thought, from the pre-doctrinal contributions of Greek philosophers and scholastic theologians, through the theories of the first schools of economic thought, and up to modern trade theories. I follow filiations of ideas in a chronological order, and show how theoretical investigation into the causes and effects of international trade - and the necessity of government intervention - has evolved over centuries of economic thought.

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