Economics of good and evil: the quest for economic meaning from Gilgamesh to Wall Street
A historical tour of economic ideas in world literature to examine the way societies have reconciled their moral values with economic forces. INDICE: 1: The Epic of Gilgamesh: On effectiveness, Immortality and the Economics of Friendship; 2: The Old Testament: Earthliness and Goodness; 3: Ancient Greece; 4: Christianity: Spirituality in the Material World; 5: Descartes the Mechanic; 6: Bernard Mandeville's Beehive of Vice; 7: Adam Smith, Blacksmith of Economics; 8: Need for Greed - The History of Want; 9: Progress and Sabbath Economics; 10: The Axis of Good and Evil and the Bibles of Economics; 11: The History of the Invisible Hand of the Market and Homo Oeconomicus; 12: The History of Animal Spirits - the Dream Never Sleeps; 13: MetaMathematics; 14: Masters of Truth: Science, Myths and Faith
- ISBN: 978-0-19-976720-5
- Editorial: Oxford University
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 384
- Fecha Publicación: 01/06/2011
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés