Is God an Economist?: An Institutional Economic Reconstruction of the Old Testament

by S. Wagner-Tsukamoto

Overview

This book offers a radical new way of approaching the Old Testament. Sigmund Wagner-Tsukamoto argues that rational, institutional and constitutional economic lessons can be derived from the Old Testament, with applications to social conflict and resolution. The book suggests that this religious text also anticipated many modern economic advances.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780230222229
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	01/30/2009
Edition description:	2009
Pages:	277
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.60(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

SIGMUND WAGNER-TSUKAMOTO is Researcher in Business Ethics at the School of Management at the University of Leicester, UK. He hold two doctorates (Consumer Ethics, University of Oxford, UK, and Economic Organization Theory, University of Eichstaett, Germany). He has published widely on ethics and institutional economic issues. His publications include Understanding Green Consumer Behaviour and Human Nature and Organization Theory.

Table of Contents

Introduction The Economic Approach to Reconstructing the Bible The Eden Story and Dilemma Analysis: A Paradise Lost On the Genesis of the Wealth of Nations On the Exodus of the Wealth of Nations Economic and Non-Economic Interpretations of God in the Old Testament Conclusions and After-Thoughts on the Economic Reconstruction of the Old Testament

Editorial Reviews

' Is God an Economist? gains a very special profile in the international debate on economics, theology and ethics...Wagner-Tsukamoto's economic interpretation of the Old Testament is here a special treat since it clearly shows that the old dualism of economics and theology/philosophy, on which most ethics approaches are built, is historically and systematically not justified. This reveals some very significant progress in interdisciplinary debate.' - Professor Dr Karl Homann, Head of the Chair, Philosophy and Economics, University of Munich, Germany

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