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050 4 $aHB72$b.B74 2016
082 4 $a330.973 BREKKE
100 1 $aBrekke, Torkel.
245 10 $aFaithonomics :$breligion and the free market /$cTorkel Brekke.
260 $aNew York :$bOxford University Press,$c2016.
300 $aix, 298 pages ;$c23 cm.
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
500 $aIncludes index.
520 $a"Does anyone have a monopoly on God? Can religion be bought or sold? Why do we pay priests? How do we limit religious conflicts? And should states get involved in matters of faith? "Faithonomics" shows that religion should be analyzed as a market similar to those for other goods and services, like bottled water or haircuts. It is about religion today, but Brekke shows us that there have always been religious markets, all over the world, regulated to a greater or lesser degree. He argues that state "control" over religious markets is often the cause of unforeseen and negative consequences. Many of today's problems like religious terrorism or rent-seeking by religious political parties, are easier to understand if we think like economists. Religious markets work best when they are relatively free, and religious organizations should be left to sell their products without unnecessary restrictions. We have no good reason to grant any one of them special privileges, political or financial."--book jacket front flap.
650 0 $aEconomics$xReligious aspects.
650 0 $aFree enterprise$xReligious aspects.
650 0 $aPurchasing power$xReligious aspects.
650 0 $aBusiness$xReligious aspects.
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