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lems" that underlay contemporary means of producing and distribut- ing goods throughout society. Medieval economists, for example, were "largely preoccupied with the question of whether the pursuit of mar- ket objectives . . .would bring men into spiritual danger." The mercan- tilists explored the relationship "between the pursuit of private gain through foreign trade and the national security." And classical econo- mists (e.g.,...