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At the Altar of Wall Street - The Rituals, Myths, Theologies, Sacraments, and Mission of the Religion Known as the Modern Global Economy (Paperback)
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At the Altar of Wall Street - The Rituals, Myths, Theologies, Sacraments, and Mission of the Religion Known as the Modern Global Economy (Paperback)
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In this thought-provoking book Scott Gustafson argues that
economics performs the same function in contemporary American
culture that religions did in past cultures. He describes and
analyzes the rituals, pilgrimage sites, myths, prophets, reformers,
sacraments, and mission of economics to show how the economy
operates as our de facto "god." Understanding how economics
functions as a religion is the first step in addressing many of
today's political and social problems, Gustafson says. Our
inability to compromise on economic matters is much more
intelligible when competing principles are understood as religious
laws that cannot be violated. At the Altar of Wall Street
encompasses a broad sweep of history, philosophy, culture studies,
economic ideas - and religion, of course - and offers insightful
discussion of such topics as debt, economic terrorism,
globalization, and money as the economy's sacrament. Thoughtful
readers will find plenty to chew on here.
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