Natural law : the foundation of an orderly economic system /
Alberto M. Piedra.
- Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, c2004.
- ix, 209 p. ; 23 cm.
- Studies in ethics and economics .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-202) and index.
Natural law and the Age of Reason -- Human nature and the dignity of the human person -- The classical school of economics and the birth of capitalism -- The romantic and socialist reactions to the Industrial Revolution -- Neoclassicism, the Keynesian revolution, and other sources of dissent -- The metaphysical dimensions of man : their ethical implications -- The fundamental issue of human work -- Population, the welfare state, and the challenge of the environment -- The challenge of globalization.