La financiación del capital, reflexión económica del pensamiento de Santo Tomás de Aquino

Abstract

The financing of capital, an economic reflection on the thought of St. Thomas Aquinas, is an exploratory deductive research that studies the contributions that Thomas Aquinas is a deductive exploratory type of research that studies the contributions that Thomas Aquinas made to the Aquinas made to economics, contemplating theoretical arguments about man in the economy as a thrifty and foresighted being; economic needs and being thrifty and farsighted; economic needs and the attainment and use of money. Relating to Keynes' economic theory of interest and money, in order to find the conceptual between the main theologian of the Catholic Church and one of the great thinkers of classical economics. thinkers of classical economics. In this research, secondary sources were consulted on the behavior of household savings. on the savings behavior of Colombian households, using information from the Quality of Life Surveys (ECV). quality of life surveys (LCS) of 1997 and 2003 and other financing systems in Colombia, such as the so-called "gota a gota" or "gota a gota" system. Colombia, such as the so-called "gota a gota" or "paga diario", where the cost of using capital is at an exaggerated rate of interest. the cost of capital utilization is at an exaggerated interest rate that is outside the limits of the financial system's legislation. financial system. The theoretical foundation set forth by Thomas Aquinas between 1224 and 1274, is still in force and has 1274, is still in force and has application in the needs of monetary resources of the population subject to usury. population that is subject to usury due to the scarcity of capital and, exposed to financial risks due to the conditions to which they must submit the conditions to which they must submit for using services of the non-financial market and for belonging to a society that is belonging to a society that is on the margins of commercial banking. The development of savings and The development of savings and credit operations is supported by the theory of simple interest, being this the mathematical structure used in this type of mathematical structure used in this type of economy.