Nelson, Robert H.

Economics As Religion : From Samuelson to Chicago and Beyond

Foreword ix Max Stackhouse Preface xv Introduction: The Market Paradox 1(22) part ONE THE LAWS OF ECONOMICS AS THE NEW WORD OF GOD Tenets of Economic Faith 23(12) A Secular Great Awakening 35(17) part TWO THEOLOGICAL MESSAGES OF SAMUELSON'S ECONOMICS The Market Mechanism as a Religious Statement 52(37) Apostle of Scientific Management 89(30) part THREE THE GODS OF CHICAGO Frank Knight and Original Sin 119(20) Knight Versus Friedman Versus Stigler 139(27) Chicago Versus the Ten Commandments 166(42) part FOUR RELIGION AND THE NEW INSTITUTIONAL ECONOMICS A New Economic World 208(22) Efficient Religion 230(38) part FIVE ECONOMICS AS RELIGION God Bless the Market 268(35) A Crisis of Progress 303(26) Conclusion 329(10) Notes 339(32) Index 371