THE FUTURE OF ECONOMICS: AN ISLAMIC PERSPECTIVE raises and tries to answer a number of crucial questions about economics. One of these pertains to the primary task of economics - is it just to analyze and predict or is it also to help a society actualize its vision? If realization of the vision is important, then there arises the question of what is the difference between the visions of Islam and conventional economics? Is it possible for economics to help realize the Islamic vision by taking into account only economic variables and analyzing just 'what is', as conventional economics does, or is it also necessary to discuss the moral, psychological, social, political and historical factors that have led to the hiatus between the vision and the prevailing reality, and to suggest a strategy for bridging the gap? Has Islamic Economics been able to rise to the task and, if not, what needs to be done in the future?
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M. Umer Chapra is a research advisor at the Islamic Research and Training Institute of the Islamic Development Bank, Jeddah, and author of "The Future of Economics" and "Islam and the Economic Challenge." He is ranked amongst the Top 50 Global Leaders in Islamic economics (ISLAMICA 500, 2015) and has been awarded with two prestigious awards for his contributions to the field: Islamic Development Bank Award for Islamic Economics (1989), King Faisal International Prize for Islamic Studies (1989).
Contents | Preface| Introduction: Is it Necessary to Have Economics with an Islamic Perspective? | Chapter 1: Conventional Economics | Chapter 2: The Islamic Paradigm Through History | Chapter 3: Can Science be Built on a Religious Paradigm? (The Conflict of Reason and Revelation in the Muslim World and its Modern Implications) | Chapter 4: Islamic Economics: What it Should Be | Chapter 5: Socio-Economic Dynamics of Classical Islamic Economics | Chapter 6: The Causes of Muslim Decline: Applying Ibn Khaldun's Analysis to Muslim History -- Part I: Are Islam and Moral Degeneration the Causes of Decline? -- Part II: The Trigger Mechanism and its Effects -- Part III: Some Ibar (Lessons) of Muslim History | Chapter 7: The Recent Revival: A Survey -- Part I: Money, Banking and Monetary Policy -- Part II: Macroeconomics and its Microfoundations | Bibliography | Index
