Economics of good and evil : the quest for economic meaning from Gilgamesh to Wall Street
Sedláček, Tomáš
Economics of good and evil : the quest for economic meaning from Gilgamesh to Wall Street Tomas Sedlacek - Cary : Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 2011. ©2011. - 1 online resource (365 pages)
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Cover -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: The Story of Economics: From Poetry to Science -- PART I: ANCIENT ECONOMICS AND BEYOND -- 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 -- PART II: BLASPHEMOUS THOUGHTS -- 8 Need for Greed: The History of Want -- 9 Progress, New Adam, 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 Economicus -- 12 The History of Animal Spirits: The Dream Never Sleeps -- 13 Metamathematics -- 14 Masters of Truth: Science, Myths, and Faith -- Conclusion: Where the Wild Things Are -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.
In The Economics of Good and Evil, Sedlacek challenges widely-held beliefs about economics and culture by tracing the study and themes of economics throughout history.
9780199830619
Wirtschaft
Zivilisation
Wirtschaftsphilosophie
Wirtschaftsethik
Literature and morals. Civilization -- History. Good and evil. Economics -- Moral and ethical aspects. Economics -- Philosophy.
Fernzugriff
Economics of good and evil : the quest for economic meaning from Gilgamesh to Wall Street Tomas Sedlacek - Cary : Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 2011. ©2011. - 1 online resource (365 pages)
E-Book-ProQuest / Fernzugriff nach Registrierung möglich
Cover -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: The Story of Economics: From Poetry to Science -- PART I: ANCIENT ECONOMICS AND BEYOND -- 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 -- PART II: BLASPHEMOUS THOUGHTS -- 8 Need for Greed: The History of Want -- 9 Progress, New Adam, 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 Economicus -- 12 The History of Animal Spirits: The Dream Never Sleeps -- 13 Metamathematics -- 14 Masters of Truth: Science, Myths, and Faith -- Conclusion: Where the Wild Things Are -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.
In The Economics of Good and Evil, Sedlacek challenges widely-held beliefs about economics and culture by tracing the study and themes of economics throughout history.
9780199830619
Wirtschaft
Zivilisation
Wirtschaftsphilosophie
Wirtschaftsethik
Literature and morals. Civilization -- History. Good and evil. Economics -- Moral and ethical aspects. Economics -- Philosophy.
Fernzugriff