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A historical tour of economic ideas in world literature to examine the way societies have reconciled their moral values with economic forces.

Trade Review
Beautifully written...A compulsive read * Samuel Brittan, Financial Times *
A Washington Post Politics 'Must Read' * Steven Levingston *

Table of Contents
1. The Epic of Gilgamesh: On effectiveness, Immortality and the Economics of Friendship ; 2. The Old Testament: Earthliness and Goodness ; 3. Ancient Greece ; 4. Christianity: Spirituality in the Material World ; 5. Descartes the Mechanic ; 6. Bernard Mandeville's Beehive of Vice ; 7. Adam Smith, Blacksmith of Economics ; 8. Need for Greed - The History of Want ; 9. Progress and Sabbath Economics ; 10. The Axis of Good and Evil and the Bibles of Economics ; 11. The History of the Invisible Hand of the Market and Homo Oeconomicus ; 12. The History of Animal Spirits - the Dream Never Sleeps ; 13. MetaMathematics ; 14. Masters of Truth: Science, Myths and Faith

Economics of Good and Evil

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      Publisher OUP USA
      Published 6/16/2011 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN-13 9780199767205
      978-0199767205
      ISBN-10 0199767203
      Also in:
      Economic history Macroeconomics History of ideas

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      A historical tour of economic ideas in world literature to examine the way societies have reconciled their moral values with economic forces.

      Trade Review
      Beautifully written...A compulsive read * Samuel Brittan, Financial Times *
      A Washington Post Politics 'Must Read' * Steven Levingston *

      Table of Contents
      1. The Epic of Gilgamesh: On effectiveness, Immortality and the Economics of Friendship ; 2. The Old Testament: Earthliness and Goodness ; 3. Ancient Greece ; 4. Christianity: Spirituality in the Material World ; 5. Descartes the Mechanic ; 6. Bernard Mandeville's Beehive of Vice ; 7. Adam Smith, Blacksmith of Economics ; 8. Need for Greed - The History of Want ; 9. Progress and Sabbath Economics ; 10. The Axis of Good and Evil and the Bibles of Economics ; 11. The History of the Invisible Hand of the Market and Homo Oeconomicus ; 12. The History of Animal Spirits - the Dream Never Sleeps ; 13. MetaMathematics ; 14. Masters of Truth: Science, Myths and Faith

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