Economics as Religion From Samuelson to Chicago and Beyond

Name: Economics as Religion From Samuelson to Chicago and Beyond
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ISBN: 9780271022840

ISBN-10: 0271022841

ISBN-13: 9780271022840

Edition: 2001

Authors: Robert H. Nelson

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"Nelson provides a huge service to students of religion in his attempts to place economics . . . in conversation with theology."-The Christian Century "Market economics is best understood as a religion. When I first read this claim in a book by Robert Nelson . . . I had doubts. . . . [But] the more one thinks about the function of market economics in modern society, the stronger the case gets for treating it as a religion." -The Financial Times "In his groundbreaking study, Robert 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."-America: The National Catholic…

Book details

List price: $41.95
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press
Publication date: 10/18/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 408
Size: 5.94" wide x 9.22" long x 1.02" tall
Weight: 1.232
Language: English



Foreword



Preface


Introduction: The Market Paradox



The Laws of Economics as the New Word of God



Tenets of Economic Faith



A Secular Great Awakening



Theological Messages of Samuelson's Economics



The Market Mechanism as a Religious Statement



Apostle of Scientific Management



The Gods of Chicago



Frank Knight and Original Sin



Knight Versus Friedman Versus Stigler



Chicago Versus the Ten Commandments



Religion and the New Institutional Economics



A New Economic World



Efficient Religion



Economics as Religion



God Bless the Market



A Crisis of Progress


Conclusion


Notes


Index