Tomas Sedlacek

Economics of Good and Evil

The Quest for Economic Meaning from Gilgamesh to Wall Street

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press; Oup Usa
• Seitenzahl: 384
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. November 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 233mm x 156mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 538g
• ISBN-13: 9780199322183
• ISBN-10: 019932218X
• Artikelnr.: 38579636

Autorenporträt

Tomas Sedlacek lectures at Charles University and is a member of the National Economic Council in Prague, where the original version of this book was a national bestseller and was also adapted as a popular theater-piece. He worked as an advisor of Vaclav Havel, the first Czech president after the fall of communism, and is a regular columnist and popular radio and TV commentator.

Inhaltsangabe

* oreword by Vaclav Havel
* Acknowledgments and Thanks
* Introduction
* PART I: Ancient Economics
* Chapter 1: The Epic of Gilgamesh: On effectiveness, Immortality and
the Economics of Friendship
* Chapter 2: The Old Testament: Earthliness and Goodness
* Chapter 3: Ancient Greece
* Chapter 4: Christianity: Spirituality in the Material World
* Chapter 5: Descartes the Mechanic
* Chapter 6: Bernard Mandeville's Beehive of Vice
* Chapter 7: Adam Smith, Blacksmith of Economics
* PART II: Blasphemous Thoughts
* Chapter 8: Need for Greed - The History of Want
* Chapter 9: Progress and Sabbath Economics
* Chapter 10: The Axis of Good and Evil and the Bibles of Economics
* Chapter 11: The History of the Invisible Hand of the Market and Homo
Oeconomicus
* Chapter 12: The History of Animal Spirits - the Dream Never Sleeps
* Chapter 13: MetaMathematics
* Chapter 14: Masters of Truth: Science, Myths and Faith
* Conclusion: Where the Wild Things Are
* Bibliography
* Index