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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| Year of Publication: | 2021 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- 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
- Introduction
- TEN God Bless the Market
- ELEVEN A Crisis of Progress
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Index