@Book{1657425819,
author="Wagner-Tsukamoto, Sigmund",
title="Is God an Economist? An Institutional Economic Reconstruction of the Old Testament",
series="SpringerLink B{\"u}cher",
year="2009",
publisher="Palgrave Macmillan",
address="London",
keywords="Criticism, interpretation, etc; Economics; Religion; Ethics; Economic theory; Economic history; Religion and sociology",
contents="Cover; Contents; List of Figures; Preface; Acknowledgements; Copyright Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 The Economic Approach to Reconstructing the Bible; 2 The Eden Story and Dilemma Analysis - A Paradise Lost?; 3 On the Genesis of the Wealth of Nations; 4 On the Exodus of the Wealth of Nations; 5 Institutional Ordering after the Exodus; 6 Economic and Non-Economic Interpretations of God in the Old Testament; 7 Conclusions and After thoughts on the Economic Reconstruction of the Old Testament; Bibliography; Author Index; Subject Index",
abstract="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",
note="by Sigmund Wagner-Tsukamoto",
note="Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-263) and indexes",
isbn="9780230234093",
doi="10.1057/9780230234093",
url="http://www.palgraveconnect.com/pc/doifinder/10.1057/9780230234093",
url="https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230234093",
language="English"
}