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Notes of an Atheist on Economics and Religion

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  • Jayati Ghosh

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Mainstream economics is constrained by methodological individualism, which ignores many aspects of human existence and interaction. Methodological individualism itself propagates certain attitudes and outlooks that can become self-fulfilling by channelling human behaviour into the simplistic straitjacket of self-interest. A sense of ethics and therefore of spirituality is necessary to understand the complexities of human and social behaviour as well as to ground economic policy advice in a fundamental morality.

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  • Jayati Ghosh, 2014. "Notes of an Atheist on Economics and Religion," Econ Journal Watch, Econ Journal Watch, vol. 11(2), pages 166-169, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:ejw:journl:v:11:y:2014:i:2:p:166-169
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    1. Hollis,, 2007. "Rational Economic Man," Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press, number 9780521033886.
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    Keywords

    Neoclassical economics; ethics; value judgements; economic policy;
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    JEL classification:

    • A12 - General Economics and Teaching - - General Economics - - - Relation of Economics to Other Disciplines
    • A13 - General Economics and Teaching - - General Economics - - - Relation of Economics to Social Values
    • L26 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - Entrepreneurship
    • Z12 - Other Special Topics - - Cultural Economics - - - Religion
    • Z13 - Other Special Topics - - Cultural Economics - - - Economic Sociology; Economic Anthropology; Language; Social and Economic Stratification

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