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Prophecy, Piety, and Profits

Part of the Palgrave Studies in Islamic Banking, Finance, and Economics Book Series

DOI: 10.1057/978-1-137-56825-0

ISBN: 978-1-137-56824-3

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan US - Springer Journals

Dec 28, 2017

1 - 10 of 25 Chapters

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Abundance and Scarcity: Introduction

Reda, Ayman

Pages: 3 –7

[An enduring debate in the history of economic thought is that between the predominant paradigm of scarcity, on the one hand, and the alternative viewpoint of abundance, on the other. This intellectual discourse has important implications with respect to the general outlook of the discipline, its...
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Abundance and Scarcity: Greek Economic Thought

Reda, Ayman

Pages: 9 –14

[This chapter surveys the opinions of the great Greek philosophers on the subject of scarcity and abundance. A diversity of views existed on the subject, with such views influencing the intellectual discourse of several schools of thought, from medieval Christianity to modernity. The Greek...
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Abundance and Scarcity: Christian Economic Thought

Reda, Ayman

Pages: 15 –34

[This chapter explores the rich tradition of Christian economic thought on the subject of scarcity and abundance. This tradition includes the scripture of the Old and New Testaments, the writings of the early Church Fathers and the medieval Scholastics, the modern Papal encyclicals, and the...
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Abundance and Scarcity: Classical Economic Thought

Reda, Ayman

Pages: 35 –50

[This chapter examines the views of the classical economists on the topic of scarcity and abundance. In particular, we examine the views of David Hume, Adam Smith, Thomas Robert Malthus, David Ricardo, and John Stuart Mill, and the enduring impact such views had on the subsequent intellectual...
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Abundance and Scarcity: Neoclassical Economic Thought

Reda, Ayman

Pages: 51 –58

[This chapter examines the central role of scarcity in the neoclassical economic paradigm. The chapter highlights the neoclassical association of wealth and scarcity, and the connections such an association has with the changing nature and outlook of the economics discipline. The views surveyed...
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Critiques of the Scarcity Paradigm

Reda, Ayman

Pages: 59 –73

[This chapter surveys the views of some notable critics of the neoclassical economic paradigm of scarcity. The views examined include Karl Marx, Henry George, Thorstein Veblen, Karl Polanyi, John Kenneth Galbraith, in addition to the views of the Romantics, such as John Ruskin and Thomas Carlyle.]
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Abundance and Scarcity: Islamic Economic Thought

Reda, Ayman

Pages: 75 –107

[This chapter introduces an Islamic perspective to this debate, by examining views from Islamic scripture, traditions, and the opinions of past and contemporary Islamic theologians, exegetes, philosophers, and economists. In particular, we examine the Islamic concept of the vicegerency of man and...
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Wealth and Poverty: Introduction

Reda, Ayman

Pages: 111 –113

[Economics, since its inception as an autonomous discipline, has regarded the creation of wealth as a central part of its theoretical outlook and practical agenda. The expansion of wealth has been consistently embraced as the ideal means to alleviate the social and economic problems resulting...
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Wealth and Poverty: Greek Economic Thought

Reda, Ayman

Pages: 115 –129

[This chapter surveys the opinions of the great Greek philosophers on the subject of wealth and poverty. A range of views existed on the subject, with such views influencing the intellectual discourse of subsequent centuries and schools of thought. The Greek philosophers surveyed include...
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Wealth and Poverty: Christian Economic Thought

Reda, Ayman

Pages: 131 –151

[This chapter explores the vast tradition of Christian economic thought on the subject of wealth and poverty. This tradition includes the scripture of the Old and New Testaments, the writings of the early Church Fathers and the medieval Scholastics, the modern Papal encyclicals, and the opinions...

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