The True Founders of Economics: The School of Salamanca

Tags: History of the Austrian School of Economics, World History

04/02/2026 Llewellyn H. Rockwell Jr.

The real founders of economic science actually wrote hundreds of years before Adam Smith.

Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/true-founders-economics-school-salamanca

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