Is God an Economist?: An Institutional Economic Reconstruction of the Old Testament
Sigmund Wagner-Tsukamoto
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Description for Is God an Economist?: An Institutional Economic Reconstruction of the Old Testament
Hardcover. 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. Num Pages: 293 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 167 x 21. Weight in Grams: 468.
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.
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
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
Number of Pages
277
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780230222229
SKU
V9780230222229
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99-15
About Sigmund Wagner-Tsukamoto
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.
Reviews for Is God an Economist?: An Institutional Economic Reconstruction of the Old Testament
' 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 ... Read more