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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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' Is God an Economist? gains a very special profile in the international debate on economics, theology and ethics...Wagner-Tsukamoto's economic interpretation of the Old Testament is here a special treat since it clearly shows that the old dualism of economics and theology/philosophy, on which most ethics approaches are built, is historically and systematically not justified. This reveals some very significant progress in interdisciplinary debate.' - Professor Dr Karl Homann, Head of the Chair, Philosophy and Economics, University of Munich, Germany
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SIGMUND WAGNER-TSUKAMOTO is Researcher in Business Ethics at the School of Management at the University of Leicester, UK. He hold two doctorates (Consumer Ethics, University of Oxford, UK, and Economic Organization Theory, University of Eichstaett, Germany). He has published widely on ethics and institutional economic issues. His publications include Understanding Green Consumer Behaviour and Human Nature and Organization Theory.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Is God an Economist?
Book Subtitle: An Institutional Economic Reconstruction of the Old Testament
Authors: Sigmund Wagner-Tsukamoto
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230234093
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Economics & Finance Collection, Economics and Finance (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2009
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-230-22222-9Published: 30 January 2009
eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-23409-3Published: 30 January 2009
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 277
Topics: Economic Theory/Quantitative Economics/Mathematical Methods, Sociology of Religion, Ethics, Moral Philosophy, Religious Studies, general, Economic History