Talk:Ancient economic thought

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Someone should go through the first paragraph of "Capitalist market economy" and make sure it jives with the sources noted. I checked for any reference to credit cards in "Islam, the Mediterranean and the Rise of Capitalism" which is cited here, and it doesn't talk about credit cards at all. I'm worried the other items listed here also came out of thin air 24.9.165.170 (talk) 19:22, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Ancient Chinese Thought

I have fuzzy memory of seeing a quote from some ancient Chinese person which echoed remarkably closely Adam Smith's, "It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker, that we can expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own interest." I would love it if someone can pull up information on that and make it less fuzzy. Cretog8 (talk) —Preceding comment was added at 20:39, 2 June 2008 (UTC)