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The Economic Role of the State in the Classical Islamic Literature: The Views of Ibn Taimiyah
Author(s) -
AlFoul Bassam Abu,
Soliman Mohamed
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
digest of middle east studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.225
H-Index - 10
eISSN - 1949-3606
pISSN - 1060-4367
DOI - 10.1111/j.1949-3606.2006.tb00022.x
Subject(s) - islam , state (computer science) , economic thought , history , political science , ancient history , positive economics , economics , computer science , archaeology , algorithm
This paper explores the economic writings of Ibn Taimiyah, particularly his views on the economic role of the state. In so doing, it offers some explanations to the “great gap” puzzle posed by Schumpeter, and introduces the reader to a model of the medieval Arab and Islamic economic thoughts.