The difficulties in economic life arise mainly because men forget divine power,, - Eric Roll, Baron Roll of Ipsden

The merchant and the industrialist.

Aristotle laid the foundation of the distinction between use-value and exchange-value, which has remained a part of economic thought to the present day.

Whatever his merits as an economist, Hume's place as one of the foremost exponents of capitalism is clearly established. His views on the landed interest and his recognition of self-interest and his desire for accumulation as the driving forces of economic activity in his time helped to consolidate the forces that were struggling to add political power to the economic supremacy which they had already achieved.