Faith, heresy and economic theory

Singh, Anshuman (2018) Faith, heresy and economic theory. Economic and Political Weekly, 53 (29). pp. 63-65. ISSN 2349-8846

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Abstract

John Rapley’s recent book Twilight of the Money Gods: Economics as a Religion and How It All Went Wrong is a riveting tale of the development of economic thought. “This fundamental critique of economics,” writes Avinash Persaud in his review (“The Corruption of Economics,” EPW, 24 February 2018), “is a must-read for all.” I argue here that although this is indeed a very important book for our times, one cannot agree with the fi rst part of Persaud’s assessment.

Item Type:	Article
Authors:	Singh, Anshuman
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Economics, Economic theory
Subjects:	Social sciences > Economics
Divisions:	Azim Premji University > School of Public Policy and Governance
Full Text Status:	Public
Related URLs:	Google Scholar
URI:	http://publications.azimpremjiuniversity.edu.in/id/eprint/446
Publisher URL:	https://www.epw.in/journal/2018/29/discussion/fait...

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