The doctrine of "Islamic economics" entered debates over the social role of Islam in the mid-twentieth century. Since …, Timur Kuran argues that the doctrine of Islamic economics is simplistic, incoherent, and largely irrelevant …

In this clear and engaging book, economist Louis Putterman places the economy and the study of economics in a broad …, and justice. Putterman connects the field of economics with other important spheres of life, building bridges of … understanding that are too often absent in the study of economics. This book explains economic ideas in nontechnical language and is …