And any unbiased examination of the Gemorah shows an understanding of market forces that may not be exactly in line with Friedman, Hayek or other “capitalist” economists, but is most definetly “philisophically” in tune with them.
An overarching example would be the law “Shelo Tinol Deles B’Fnei Luvin”.
The Rabbis understood the great need to ensure that if someone lent money they would be paid back otherwise capitol would dry up.
Towards that end they enacted numerous law including requiring borrowers to pay back with better classes of land then Biblicaly required.
Now-a-days we have seen the foresight of the Rabbis, The “left-wingers” on the pretense of pity and saving the economy forced onerous laws, regulations and public humilation on lenders. Leading to the current reality that if a financial institution lends money they are far from assured of the ability to collect.
The result?
Capitol Markets have all but dried up for the average person and the economy is stuck in permanent recession.
And once again the ones who have suffered are not the extreme wealthy, to whom institutions wil always lend (in many cases they themselves own the institutions) rather the middle class who are left without means of access to credit.