The Earthist Challenge to Economism
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The Earthist Challenge to Economism

A Theological Critique of the World Bank

  1. English
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  3. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

The Earthist Challenge to Economism

A Theological Critique of the World Bank

About this book

Western society moved from a period in which Christianity was the dominant spiritual force to one of nationalism and then to making the economy the object of public devotion. Today this is challenged by those seeking the health of the Earth including all its inhabitants. The World Bank is the economistic institution most open to Earthist concerns. The book evaluates the Bank's potential for leadership in broadening public goals from narrowly economic goods to inclusive ones.

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Yes, you can access The Earthist Challenge to Economism by J. Cobb, Kenneth A. Loparo,Shivesh C. Thakur in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Politics & International Relations & Econometrics. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Contents
  3. Preface
  4. List of Abbreviations
  5. Introduction
  6. 1 Christianism, Nationalism, and Economism
  7. 2 Economism and the Challenge of Earthism
  8. 3 The Marketization of Society
  9. 4 The Bretton Woods Institutions
  10. 5 The McNamara Years
  11. 6 Structural Adjustment
  12. 7 A Coherent Opposition
  13. 8 The Development Paradigm of the World Bank
  14. 9 Can the Bank Change?
  15. 10 The Theology of Earthism
  16. Index