Economics of good and evil : the quest for economic meaning from Gilgamesh to Wall Street / Tomas Sedlacek.

Author/creator Sedláček, Tomáš, 1977-
Format Book
Publication InfoOxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, ©2011.
Descriptionxii, 352 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Subjects

Uniform titleEkonomie dobra a zla. English
Contents I: Ancient economics and beyond -- The epic of Gilgamesh: on effectiveness, immortality, and the economics of friendship -- The Old Testament: earthliness and goodness -- Ancient Greece -- Christianity: spirituality in the material world -- Descartes the mechanic -- Bernard Mandeville's beehive of vice -- Adam Smith, blacksmith of economics -- III: Blasphemous thoughts -- Need for greed: the history of want -- Progress, new Adam, and Sabbath economics -- The axis of good and evil and the Bibles of economics -- The history of the invisible hand of the market and homo economicus -- The history of animal spirits: the dream never sleeps -- Metamathematics -- Masters of truth: science, myths, and faith -- Conclusion: where the wild things are.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 325-340) and index.
LCCN 2010030271
ISBN9780199767205 (alk. paper)
ISBN0199767203 (alk. paper)

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks HB72 .S36513 2011 ✔ Available Place Hold