What does Cervantes and Shakespeare have to say regarding economics and liberty? Can we decipher on their words alone their perspective in these major issues that still are unresolved centuries later? Eric Graf and Sara Skwire reveal the similarities between these two great thinkers beyond the linguistic and cultural differences that lie on opposite shores of the English Channel. The two professors encounter strange similarities and bifurcations between their works. But behind every great man's life is the political, economical and social movements of his time that define him and his words.