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Is God an Economist?

An Institutional Economic Reconstruction of the Old Testament

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  • © 2009

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  1. Sigmund Wagner-Tsukamoto

    1. School of Management, University of Leicester, UK

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
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  2. Introduction

    • Sigmund Wagner-Tsukamoto
    Pages 1-10

  3. The Economic Approach to Reconstructing the Bible

    • Sigmund Wagner-Tsukamoto
    Pages 11-44

  4. The Eden Story and Dilemma Analysis — A Paradise Lost?

    • Sigmund Wagner-Tsukamoto
    Pages 45-72

  5. On the Genesis of the Wealth of Nations

    • Sigmund Wagner-Tsukamoto
    Pages 73-139

  6. On the Exodus of the Wealth of Nations

    • Sigmund Wagner-Tsukamoto
    Pages 140-168

  7. Institutional Ordering after the Exodus

    • Sigmund Wagner-Tsukamoto
    Pages 169-202

  8. Economic and Non-Economic Interpretations of God in the Old Testament

    • Sigmund Wagner-Tsukamoto
    Pages 203-231

  9. Conclusions and After thoughts on the Economic Reconstruction of the Old Testament

    • Sigmund Wagner-Tsukamoto
    Pages 232-252

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 253-277
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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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  • School of Management, University of Leicester, UK

    Sigmund Wagner-Tsukamoto

About the author

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.

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