Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=52494#.VJodWcCAM4 Author(s) Birger P. Priddat Affiliation(s) Faculty of Economic Science, University of Witten/Herdecke, Witten, Germany . ABSTRACT Starting with the medevial poor/rich-topics in the Acquinian tradition of the theological economy of charity, the article develops a rather unkown line in the history of economic thought from Thomas Acquiniusto John Locke and Adam Smith. The rich/poor-distribution of the charity-principle transforms over John Lockes’ property/labor-relation in the new Smithian capital/labor-economics. It is a special European line from charity-distribution to labor/capital-accumulation. ...
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