Is God an Economist?: An Institutional Economic Reconstruction of the Old Testament

Wagner-Tsukamoto, S.

This book offers a radical new way of approaching the Old Testament. Sigmund Wagner-Tsukamoto argues that rational, institutional and constitutional economic lessons can be derived from the Old Testament, with applications to social conflict and resolution. The book suggests that this religious text also anticipated many modern economic advances.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2009-01-30

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9780230222229

DOI: 10.1057/9780230234093

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 277