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

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...

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Main Author: Wagner-Tsukamoto, Sigmund
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London Palgrave Macmillan UK 2009, 2009
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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