Idols of nations : Biblical myth at the origins of capitalism /

Roland Boer and Christina Petterson here produce a critical survey showing that the rise of capitalist theory was shaped by the way different economic philosophers -- Smith, Hobbes, Grotius, Malthus, Locke -- read the Bible. Invoking Jeremiah (14:22) and Adam Smith -- who took the title of his Wealt...

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Main Authors:	Boer, Roland, 1961- (Author), Petterson, Christina (Author)
Corporate Author:	Ebook Library
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Minneapolis, MN : Fortress Press, 2014.
Subjects:	Bible > Philosophy. Bible > Influence. Capitalism > History. Capitalism > Religious aspects. Bible > History. Bible reading. Religion. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book