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Economics of Good and Evil
The Quest for Economic Meaning from Gilgamesh to Wall Street
Taschenbuch von Tomas Sedlacek
Sprache: Englisch

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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.
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.
Über den Autor
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.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
  • 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

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2013
Fachbereich: Volkswirtschaft
Genre: Wirtschaft
Rubrik: Recht & Wirtschaft
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: 361 S.
15 s/w Fotos
ISBN-13: 9780199322183
ISBN-10: 019932218X
Sprache: Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage: Paperback
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Sedlacek, Tomas
Hersteller: OUP US
Maße: 234 x 156 x 20 mm
Von/Mit: Tomas Sedlacek
Erscheinungsdatum: 03.10.2013
Gewicht: 0,567 kg
Artikel-ID: 105900334
Über den Autor
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.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
  • 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

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2013
Fachbereich: Volkswirtschaft
Genre: Wirtschaft
Rubrik: Recht & Wirtschaft
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: 361 S.
15 s/w Fotos
ISBN-13: 9780199322183
ISBN-10: 019932218X
Sprache: Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage: Paperback
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Sedlacek, Tomas
Hersteller: OUP US
Maße: 234 x 156 x 20 mm
Von/Mit: Tomas Sedlacek
Erscheinungsdatum: 03.10.2013
Gewicht: 0,567 kg
Artikel-ID: 105900334
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