Adam's Fallacy : : A Guide to Economic Theology / / Duncan K. Foley.

This book could be called "The Intelligent Person's Guide to Economics." The title expresses Duncan Foley's belief that economics at its most abstract and interesting level is a speculative philosophical discourse, not a deductive or inductive science. Adam's fallacy is the...

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Frontmatter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. Adam's Vision -- 2. Gloomy Science -- 3 . The Severest Critic -- 4.On the Margins -- 6. Grand Illusions -- Reading Further -- Appendix -- Index
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This book could be called "The Intelligent Person's Guide to Economics." The title expresses Duncan Foley's belief that economics at its most abstract and interesting level is a speculative philosophical discourse, not a deductive or inductive science. Adam's fallacy is the attempt to separate the economic sphere of life, in which the pursuit of self-interest is led by the invisible hand of the market to a socially beneficial outcome, from the rest of social life, in which the pursuit of self-interest is morally problematic and has to be weighed against other ends.
Issued also in print.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
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Economics Philosophy.
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Acknowledgments --
Contents --
Preface --
1. Adam's Vision --
2. Gloomy Science --
3 . The Severest Critic --
4.On the Margins --
6. Grand Illusions --
Reading Further --
Appendix --
Index
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4.On the Margins --
6. Grand Illusions --
Reading Further --
Appendix --
Index
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Acknowledgments --
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Preface --
1. Adam's Vision --
2. Gloomy Science --
3 . The Severest Critic --
4.On the Margins --
6. Grand Illusions --
Reading Further --
Appendix --
Index
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