{"product_id":"economics-as-religion-9780271063768","title":"Economics as Religion","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eNelson argues that economics can be a genuine form of religion. This edition of \u003ci\u003eEconomics as Religion\u003c\/i\u003e situates the influence of his work in the scholarly economic and theological conversations of today and reflects on the potential implications for theology, economics and other social sciences.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The best recent study of the subject.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Samuel Brittan \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Robert Nelson’s \u003ci\u003eEconomics as Religion\u003c\/i\u003e offers a unique set of insights into the social role of the economics profession. . . . The book should be assigned reading for undergraduates in intermediate microeconomics and first-year graduate students in economics.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Jennifer Roback \u003ci\u003eJournal of Markets and Morality\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Robert Nelson has written what may be the most important recent book on the future of the economics profession.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Andrew Morriss \u003ci\u003eBooks and Culture\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“An economic theorist himself, Nelson elegantly exposes his firm understanding of the history of economic theory. . . . He is in fact perfectly at ease venturing into theological and religious history, persuasively establishing parallels between the economic and religious realms.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Aren E. Annus \u003ci\u003eNova Religio: The Journal of Alternative and Emergent Religions\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eContents\u003c\/strong\u003e\t\t\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eForeword by Max Stackhouse\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: The Market Paradox\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart 1 The Laws of Economics as the New Word of God\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1 Tenets of Economic Faith\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2 A Secular Great Awakening\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart 2 Theological Messages of Samuelson's Economics\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3 The Market Mechanism as a Religious Statement\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4 Apostle of Scientific Management\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart 3 The Gods of Chicago\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5 Frank Knight and Original Sin\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6 Knight Versus Friedman Versus Stigler\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7 Chicago Versus the Ten Commandments\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart 4 Religion and the New Institutional Economics\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e8 A New Economic World\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e9 Efficient Religion\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart 5 Economics as Religion\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e10 God Bless the Market\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e11 A Crisis of Progress\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEpilogue\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConclusion\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNotes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pennsylvania State University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400790778199,"sku":"9780271063768","price":31.46,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780271063768.jpg?v=1730471586","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/economics-as-religion-9780271063768","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}