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Economics as religion : from Samuelson to Chicago and beyond / Robert H. Nelson ; foreword by Max Stackhouse.
LIBRA HB72 .N45 2001
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Nelson, Robert H. (Robert Henry), 1944-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Economics--Philosophy.
- Economics.
- Economics--Moral and ethical aspects.
- Religion--Economic aspects.
- Religion.
- Physical Description:
- xxvi, 378 pages ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, [2001]
- Contents:
- Introduction: The Market Paradox 1
- Part 1 The Laws of Economics as the New Word of God
- 1 Tenets of Economic Faith 23
- 2 A Secular Great Awakening 35
- Part 2 Theological Messages of Samuelson's Economics
- 3 The Market Mechanism as a Religious Statement 52
- 4 Apostle of Scientific Management 89
- Part 3 The Gods of Chicago
- 5 Frank Knight and Original Sin 119
- 6 Knight Versus Friedman Versus Stigler 139
- 7 Chicago Versus the Ten Commandments 166
- Part 4 Religion and the New Institutional Economics
- 8 A New Economic World 208
- 9 Efficient Religion 230
- Part 5 Economics as Religion
- 10 God Bless the Market 268
- 11 A Crisis of Progress 303.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [339]-370) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0271020954
- 0271020962
- OCLC:
- 45243319
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