Ancient Greece
Hesiod active 750 to 650 BC, a Boeotian who wrote the earliest known work concerning the basic origins of economic thought, … See more

The British Enlightenment
In the 17th century Britain went through troubling times, enduring not only political and religious … See more

Neoclassical economics developed in the 1870s. There were three main independent schools. The Cambridge School See more

Thomas Aquinas
Thomas Aquinas (1225–74) was an Italian theologian and economic writer. He taught in both See more

Mercantilism dominated Europe from the 16th to the 18th century. Despite the localism of the Middle Ages, the waning of feudalism saw … See more

Ferdinando Galiani and On Money
In 1751, Neapolitan philosopher Ferdinando Galiani published a nearly exhaustive treatise … See more

Business cycle theory
In the early 19th century German-born English astronomer Sir William Herschel (1738–1822) noted … See more