Economics of Good and Evil

In The Economics of Good and Evil, Sedlacek challenges widely-held beliefs about economics and culture by tracing the study and themes of economics throughout history.

Informationen zum Autor Tomas Sedlacek lectures at Charles University and is a member of the National Economic Council in Prague! where the original version of this book was a national bestseller and was also adapted as a popular theater-piece. He worked as an advisor of Vaclav Havel! the first Czech president after the fall of communism! and is a regular columnist and popular radio and TV commentator. Klappentext Radically rethinks the field of economy! challenging our assumptions about the meaning and point of money. 'Beautifully written... A compulsive read' "Financial Times" Zusammenfassung In The Economics of Good and Evil, Sedlacek challenges widely-held beliefs about economics and culture by tracing the study and themes of economics throughout history. Inhaltsverzeichnis oreword by Vaclav Havel/ Acknowledgments and Thanks/ Introduction/ PART I: Ancient Economics/ Chapter 1: The Epic of Gilgamesh: On effectiveness! Immortality and the Economics of Friendship/ Chapter 2: The Old Testament: Earthliness and Goodness/ Chapter 3: Ancient Greece/ Chapter 4: Christianity: Spirituality in the Material World/ Chapter 5: Descartes the Mechanic/ Chapter 6: Bernard Mandeville's Beehive of Vice/ Chapter 7: Adam Smith! Blacksmith of Economics/ PART II: Blasphemous Thoughts/ Chapter 8: Need for Greed - The History of Want/ Chapter 9: Progress and Sabbath Economics/ Chapter 10: The Axis of Good and Evil and the Bibles of Economics/ Chapter 11: The History of the Invisible Hand of the Market and Homo Oeconomicus/ Chapter 12: The History of Animal Spirits - the Dream Never Sleeps/ Chapter 13: MetaMathematics/ Chapter 14: Masters of Truth: Science! Myths and Faith/ Conclusion: Where the Wild Things Are/ Bibliography/ Index

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Tomas Sedlacek lectures at Charles University and is a member of the National Economic Council in Prague, where the original version of this book was a national bestseller and was also adapted as a popular theater-piece. He worked as an advisor of Vaclav Havel, the first Czech president after the fall of communism, and is a regular columnist and popular radio and TV commentator.

Contenu

• oreword by Vaclav Havel

• Acknowledgments and Thanks

• Introduction

• PART I: Ancient Economics

• Chapter 1: The Epic of Gilgamesh: On effectiveness, Immortality and the Economics of Friendship

• Chapter 2: The Old Testament: Earthliness and Goodness

• Chapter 3: Ancient Greece

• Chapter 4: Christianity: Spirituality in the Material World

• Chapter 5: Descartes the Mechanic

• Chapter 6: Bernard Mandeville's Beehive of Vice

• Chapter 7: Adam Smith, Blacksmith of Economics

• PART II: Blasphemous Thoughts

• Chapter 8: Need for Greed - The History of Want

• Chapter 9: Progress and Sabbath Economics

• Chapter 10: The Axis of Good and Evil and the Bibles of Economics

• Chapter 11: The History of the Invisible Hand of the Market and Homo Oeconomicus

• Chapter 12: The History of Animal Spirits - the Dream Never Sleeps

• Chapter 13: MetaMathematics

• Chapter 14: Masters of Truth: Science, Myths and Faith

• Conclusion: Where the Wild Things Are

• Bibliography

• Index