[Peace-discuss] Ibn Khaldun - 14th century Tea Party Guy

[Morton K. Brussel]

These seem like simplistic soundbites (like the 10 commandments).

Were Abdu r-Rahman bin Muhammad bin Khaldun Al-Hadrami,(1332-1406),  
and Selim Karatas founders of Libertarianism? Did Adam Smith subscribe  
to these prescriptions?

--mkb


On Apr 16, 2009, at 1:34 PM, E. Wayne Johnson wrote:

> One of the great ancient writers was the North African Arab  
> historian Ibn Khaldun [or Khaldoun], full name: Abdu r-Rahman bin  
> Muhammad bin Khaldun Al-Hadrami,(1332-1406) who is considered to be  
> one of the founders of the study of Economics.  Note that Khaldun  
> was a "historian" and he drew from texts already considered  
> ancient.   His perhaps most famous work is his "Moqaddimah", the  
> "Introduction" to Khaldun's History of the World.
>
> Selim Karatas summarizes Ibn Khaldun's ECONOMIC PRESCRIPTIONS FOR A  
> CIVILIZED SOCIETY -
>
> Given political stability and solidarity, for the rise of the  
> nations, there must be:
>
> a)  A firm establishment of private property rights and freedom of  
> enterprise
>
> b)  Rule of law and the reliability of judicial system for the  
> establishment of justice
>
> c)  The security of peace and the security of trade routes
>
> d)  Lower and less taxation in order to increase employment,  
> production and revenues
>
> e)  Less bureaucracy and much smaller efficient army
>
> f)  No government involvement in trade, production and commercial  
> affairs
>
> g)  No fixation of prices by the government
>
> h)  A rule that does not give monopoly power to anyone in the market
>
> i)  Stable monetary policy and independent monetary authority that  
> does not play with the value of money
>
> j)  A larger population and a larger market for greater specialization
>
> k)  A creative education system for independent thinking and behavior
>
> l)  The collective responsibility and internal feeling for the  
> setting up of a just system to encourage good deeds and prevent vice.
>
> http://www.liberty4urbana.com/drupal-6.8/node/176
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