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Economics as religion : from Samuelson to Chicago and beyond

Author: Robert H Nelson
Publisher: University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, ©2001.
Edition/Format: Book : State or province government publication : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Material Type: Government publication, State or province government publication
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Robert H Nelson
ISBN: 0271020954 9780271020952 0271020962 9780271020969
OCLC Number: 45243319
Description: xxvi, 378 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents: Introduction: The market paradox -- pt. 1. The laws of economics as the new word of God. Tenets of economic faith -- A secular Great Awakening -- pt. 2. Theological messages of Samuelson's Economics. The market mechanism as a religious statement -- Apostle of scientific management -- pt. 3. The gods of Chicago. Frank Knight and original sin -- Knight versus Friedman versus Stigler -- Chicago versus the Ten Commandments -- pt. 4. Religion and the new institutional economics. A new economic world -- Efficient religion -- pt. 5. Economics as religion. God bless the market -- A crisis of progress.
Responsibility: Robert H. Nelson ; foreword by Max Stackhouse.
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