Economics of Good and Evil

Economics, Sedlacek writes, is actually a cultural phenomenon, a product of our civilization. To underscore the beliefs underlying economics, he provides a tour de force exploration of economic thinking over the millennia. He ranges from the epic of Gilgamesh and the Old Testament to the emergence of Christianity, from Descartes and Adam Smith to the consumerism in Fight Club. Throughout, he asks searching meta-economic questions: What is the meaning and the point of economics? Can we do ethica ...