Economics as Religion : From Samuelson to Chicago and Beyond

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Foreword -- Preface -- Introduction: The Market Paradox -- part ONE THE LAWS OF ECONOMICS AS THE NEW WORD OF GOD -- ONE Tenets of Economic Faith -- TWO A Secular Great Awakening -- part TWO THEOLOGICAL MESSAGES OF SAMUELSON’S ECONOMICS -- THREE The Market Mechanism as a Religious Statement -- FOUR Apostle of Scientifi c Management -- part THREE THE GODS OF CHICAGO -- FIVE Frank Knight and Original Sin -- SIX Knight Versus Friedman Versus Stigler -- SEVEN Chicago Versus the Ten Commandments -- part FOUR RELIGION AND THE NEW INSTITUTIONAL ECONOMICS -- EIGHT A New Economic World -- NINE Efficient Religion -- part FIVE ECONOMICS AS RELIGION -- TEN God Bless the Market -- ELEVEN A Crisis of Progress -- Conclusion -- Epilogue to the Revised Edition -- Notes -- Index