Economics as Religion : : From Samuelson to Chicago and Beyond / / Robert H. Nelson.
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 underlyin...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Penn State University Press Complete eBook-Package Pre-2014 |
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Place / Publishing House: | University Park, PA : : Penn State University Press, , [2021] ©2001 |
Year of Publication: | 2021 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (408 p.) |
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Other title: | Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Foreword -- Preface -- Introduction: The Market Paradox -- Part ONE. THE LAWS OF ECONOMICS AS THE NEW WORD OF GOD -- ONE Tenets of Economic Faith -- TWO A Secular Great Awakening -- Part TWO. THEOLOGICAL MESSAGES OF SAMUELSON'S ECONOMICS -- THREE The Market Mechanism as a Religious Statement -- FOUR Apostle of Scientific Management -- Part THREE. THE GODS OF CHICAGO -- Introduction -- FIVE Frank Knight and Original Sin -- SIX Knight Versus Friedman Versus Stigler -- SEVEN Chicago Versus the Ten Commandments -- Part FOUR. RELIGION AND THE NEW INSTITUTIONAL ECONOMICS -- EIGHT A New Economic World -- NINE Efficient Religion -- Part FIVE. ECONOMICS AS RELIGION -- TEN God Bless the Market -- ELEVEN A Crisis of Progress -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Index |
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Summary: | 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 Samuelsonian and Chicagoan economics is not a put-down. It is a way of seeing the rhetoric of fundamental belief-what has been called ";vision."; |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9780271023724 9783110745269 |
DOI: | 10.1515/9780271023724?locatt=mode:legacy |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | Robert H. Nelson. |