A History of Interest and Debt (eBook, PDF)

Ancient Civilizations
Redaktion: Ustaoglu, Murat; Incekara, Ahmet

• Format: PDF

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 152
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Mai 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000089790
• Artikelnr.: 59554231

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. The Merchant 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