A History of the Free Market from the 16th to the 20th Century
FAIN: FZ-256465-17
Jacob Soll
University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA 90089-0012)
Research leading to publication of a monograph on the
history of the idea of the free market.
The object of my new book, Free Market: The History of Dream is to show in clear terms, to a wide audience, that the origins of free market thought are older and more complex than previously thought. Rather than products of the 18th and 19th centuries, they grew from Renaissance and Enlightenment traditions based in religious views of the self-regulating laws of nature. What is remarkable in this story is the extent to which religious tradition was at the basis of free market thought, even as it became the secular field of economics we know today.
Associated Products
Colbert, Commercial Culture and the Origins of Modern Capitalism (Conference Paper/Presentation)Title: Colbert, Commercial Culture and the Origins of Modern Capitalism
Author: Jacob Soll
Abstract: This paper shows that Colbert's commercial and scientific projects were key elements in creating the culture of modern capitalism.
Date: 1/28/2019
Secondary URL:
https://macmillan.yale.edu/event/early-modern-empires-workshop-jacob-soll-uschttp://Conference Name: Early Modern Empires Workshop
Free Market: The History of an Idea (Book)Title: Free Market: The History of an Idea
Author: Jacob Soll
Year: 2022
Primary URL:
https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=465049702Primary URL Description: WorldCat entry (465049702)
Publisher: Basic Books
Type: Single author monograph
ISBN: 465049702