A History of Interest and Debt

Ancient Civilizations
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Produktbeschreibung

This book explores the roots of the prohibition of interest and how interest has been justified as a viable practice in financial transactions. It offers insight into the current nature of finance and economics and the distinctive features of Islamic finance, and enables researchers to review interest-free financing models.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 134
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Juli 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 395g
• ISBN-13: 9780367484880
• ISBN-10: 0367484889
• Artikelnr.: 69985407

Autorenporträt

Murat Ustaölu is an associate professor of economics at Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey, and currently a visiting scholar at the City University of New York, USA. Ahmet ¿ncekara is a professor of economics at Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey.

Inhaltsangabe

1. An introduction to interest and debt 2. Dynamics of Social Life in
Ancient Mesopotamian Civilizations as Historical Precursors of
Interest/riba within the Context of Religion, Politics and Economics 3.
Institutional Interest-bearing Debt in Ancient Civilizations: Sumerian Era
4. TheMerchant Societies and Usury: Assyrians and Babylonians 5. Social
Costs of Interest-bearing Debt in Ancient Greece 6. Debt and Politics in
Ancient Roman 7. Interest-bearing Debt in Ancient Egypt 8. Interest and
Debt in Ancient China 9. Dynamics of Interest-bearing Debt in Hinduism 10.
Interest and Debt in the Buddhist Economic Doctrine 11. Interest and Debt
in Ancient Era