Economics as religion : from Samuelson to Chicago and beyond /
In this study, Robert H. Nelson explores the genesis, the prophets, the prophesies, and the tenets of what he sees as a religion of economics that has come into full blossom in latter-day America. Nelson does not see "theology" as a bad word, and his examination of the theology underlying...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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University Park, Pa. :
Pennsylvania State University Press,
©2001.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction: The market paradox
- pt. 1. The laws of economics as the new word of God. Tenets of economic faith
- A secular Great Awakening
- pt. 2. Theological messages of Samuelson's Economics. The market mechanism as a religious statement
- Apostle of scientific management
- pt. 3. The gods of Chicago. Frank Knight and original sin
- Knight versus Friedman versus Stigler
- Chicago versus the Ten Commandments
- pt. 4. Religion and the new institutional economics. A new economic world
- Efficient religion
- pt. 5. Economics as religion. God bless the market
- A crisis of progress.