Aristotle’s Economics

Ethics and Exchange

David Reisman, Professor Emeritus of Economics, University of Surrey, UK and Senior Associate, Centre for Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Aristotle’s Economics is a thoughtful and comprehensive account of Aristotle''s intellectual system. Drawing upon all of his surviving writings, this book deftly illustrates how Aristotle considered economics to be just one of many topics which made up the social and political whole.

‘With a unique and astute approach, David Reisman shows that Aristotle espoused a political economy which promoted a middle ground between free markets and government control. In doing so, he weaves together the many strands of Aristotle''s thinking, explores his kinship to a variety of theories of political economy and offers lessons for contemporary economics.’
– Donald Stabile, St. Mary''s College of Maryland, US