The Economics of Paradise

On the Onset of Modernity in Antiquity

S. Wagner-Tsukamoto

• Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
• Año: 2016
• ISBN:
  9781137287700
• Categoría: Économie
• Categoría: Économétrie

This book searches for the origins of modern thinking in one of the best-known stories of our cultural heritage. By applying institutional and constitutional economics to biblical interpretation, it uses new approach to reconstruct the Paradise story. The author challenges the old conceptual dualism between economics and theology/philosophy.

Índice

• Cover
• Half-Title
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• List of Figures
• Preface
• Acknowledgements
• Introduction
• Prologue: Genesis 2–3
• 1 Why and How to Study the Paradise Story in Economic Terms
• 2 Looming Capital Contests in Paradise: No Land of Cockaigne
• 3 Agents of Paradise and the Rise of Self-interest
• 4 The Breakdown of Co-operation in Paradise: The Rise of Anarchy
• 5 Outcomes of the Paradise Interactions: Gains and Losses, Winners and Losers, Rational Fools
• 6 Why Was Paradise Lost? And Is This a Cause for Lament?
• 7 Concluding Remarks: How Modern Is Religion or Is it a Road to the Past?
• Appendix 1: The Prisoner’s Dilemma Concept: A Brief Introduction
• Appendix 2: The Breakdown of Co- operation in the Paradise Story
• Appendix 3: Abstract, Mathematical- Logical Sensitivity Analysis of the Paradise Story
• Appendix 4: Prisoner’s Dilemma Analysis of the Paradise Story
• Bibliography
• Author/Name Index
• Subject Index