| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 232 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Foreword (Clement Tisdell, Queensland University, Australia); Preface; Acknowledgments; PART ONE BACKGROUNDS; Chapter One The Talmud, Its Method and Related Issues; Chapter Two Old Wisdom and the Written Law; PART TWO MACRO-ECONOMIC ISSUES; Chapter Three Economic Self-Interest and Social Progress; Chapter Four Business Cycle Analysis: The Talmudic Insight; PART THREE MICRO-ECONOMIC ISSUES; Chapter Five Time Dimension, Opportunity Cost and Market Behavior; Chapter Six Game Theory -- The Talmudic Minimax; Chapter Seven Risk, Uncertainty and Expectation; PART FOUR DISTRIBUTIONAL EQUITY |
| Summary |
Discusses Talmudic economics in the light of modern economics. This book focuses on the intricate debates, statements and principles that were forged by the Talmudic Rabbis. It discerns a range of macro- and micro-economic ideas of major significance |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| SUBJECT |
Talmud -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh91005541
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Talmud fast |
| Subject |
Economics -- Religious aspects -- Judaism.
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RELIGION -- Judaism -- Talmud.
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Economics -- Religious aspects -- Judaism
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Gordon, Barry (Barry Lewis John)
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| ISBN |
9789047428084 |
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9047428080 |
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