Prophecy, Piety, and Profits

Part I. Abundance and Scarcity

1. Abundance and Scarcity: Introduction
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2. Abundance and Scarcity: Greek Economic Thought
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3. Abundance and Scarcity: Christian Economic Thought
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4. Abundance and Scarcity: Classical Economic Thought
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5. Abundance and Scarcity: Neoclassical Economic Thought
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6. Critiques of the Scarcity Paradigm
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7. Abundance and Scarcity: Islamic Economic Thought
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Part II. Wealth and Poverty

8. Wealth and Poverty: Introduction
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9. Wealth and Poverty: Greek Economic Thought
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10. Wealth and Poverty: Christian Economic Thought
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11. Wealth and Poverty: Classical Economic Thought
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12. Wealth and Poverty: Neoclassical Economic Thought and Its Critics
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13. Wealth and Poverty: Islamic Economic Thought
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Part III. Charity and Usury

14. Charity and Usury: Introduction
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15. Charity: An Intellectual History
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16. Usury: An Intellectual History
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17. Charity and Usury: Reunified
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Part IV. Self-Interest and Rationality

18. Self-Interest and Rationality: Introduction
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19. Self-Interest: An Intellectual History
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20. Self-Interest and Rationality: The Modern Connection
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21. Islam, Rationality, and Self-Interest
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Part V. Utopias and Markets

22. Utopias and Markets: Introduction
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23. Utopias
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24. The Market as Utopia: The “Invisible Hand” Thesis
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25. Markets in Islam
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Keywords: Economics, Economic History, History of Economic Thought/Methodology, Middle Eastern and North African Economics, International Economics, Islam, History of Religion