Religious Influences on Economic Thinking: The Origins of Modern Economics

by Benjamin M. Friedman

How religious thinking was--and remains--a central influence shaping economics.

The conventional view of economics is that the field was a product of the Enlightenment and, therefore, bore no relation to religious ideas. But is this true? In Religious Influences on Economic Thinking, Benjamin Friedman shows that religious thinking was, in fact, a powerful force in shaping the initial development of modern Western economics and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 026254878X
• ISBN13: 9780262548786
• Release Date: August 2024
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 98 Pages