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Mere Economics : Lessons for and from the Ordinary Business of Life.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Carden, Art.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Economics--Religious aspects.
- Economics.
- Christian ethics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (296 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Nashville : B&H Publishing Group, 2025.
- Summary:
- Mere Economics points to the basic principles of economic theory with a tone that is conversational and inviting, with the hope that the everyday Christian will not only discover helpful insight into the world of economics, but will find within it the call for responsibility and stewardship.
- Contents:
- Acknowledgments
- How to Use This Book
- Introduction: This Is Our Father’s World: Meditations on the Ordinary Business of Life
- Chapter 1 They Feast on the Abundance of Your House: Hobbesian Horrors and Walmart Wonders
- Chapter 2 Thinking about the Ordinary Business of Life: Economic Essentials and Economic Errors
- Chapter 3 You Can’t Always Get What You Want: Our Great Economic Problem
- Chapter 4 Multiplication through Division: The Miraculous Division of Labor
- Chapter 5 You Can Always Depend on the Knowledge of Strangers: The Miraculous Division of Knowledge
- Chapter 6 What Does It Profit a Man? Profits, Losses, and Production
- Chapter 7 The Laborer Is Worthy of His Wages: How Markets Determine Wages and Working Conditions
- Chapter 8 “Tough Weed” or “Delicate Flower”? Monopolies and Competition
- Chapter 9 Thou Shalt Not Bear False Witness: When Policies Make Prices Lie
- Chapter 10 The Works of the Flesh: The Economics of Sin and Prohibition
- Chapter 11 Rendering unto Caesar: Taxes, Spending, and Unintended Consequences
- Chapter 12 Put Not Your Trust in Princes: Who Watches the Watchers?
- Chapter 13 Dominion and Domination: Solving the Progress Puzzle
- Chapter 14 Make More, Take Less: Meditations on the Extraordinary Business of Life
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- About the Authors
- General Index
- Scripture Index Generated by AI.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Part of the metadata in this record was created by AI, based on the text of the resource.
- ISBN:
- 9798384504979
- OCLC:
- 1512319362
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