Martin Luther's Doctrine on Trade and Price in Its Literary Context
从被忽视的文学背景角度，考察马丁·路德关于市场行为、价格决定因素以及反对经济胁迫、合谋和垄断的经济思想，并追溯其与中世纪文学传统的联系。
This paper examines some of Martin Luther's economic ideas from a largely neglected point of view. Religious issues naturally dominated his writings. When he turned to economic subjects, his primary focus was on the usurious practices of the banks and trading companies of his times. His utterances on those subjects, in form and content, present a biased picture of his thought. Having received an academic training at the highest level, in scholastic philosophy, including scholastic economics, Luther wrote with great authority about market behavior, about cost and demand as price determinants, and argued against economic coercion, collusion, and certain monopolistic practices. It is frequently possible to tie Luther in with medieval literary traditions on these subjects and sometimes to identify a specific source.