Economics has nothing to do with religion

Sascha O. Becker

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-47458-8_3

Economics has nothing to do with religion

Sascha O. Becker

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Abstract

A popular view is that economics is about inflation, unemployment, prices, and quantities, but not about religion or culture. And surely, soft factors such as religion do not matter for economic outcomes? Not surprisingly, students of economics would not typically come across these in their lectures on microeconomics, macroeconomics, or econometrics. When economic issues are debated in the media, they do not feature highly, but religion matters for economics and economics matters for religion.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Economic Ideas You Should Forget
Editors	Bruno S. Frey, David Iselin
Place of Publication	Cham Switzerland
Publisher	Springer
Pages	9-10
Number of pages	2
Edition	1st
ISBN (Electronic)	9783319474588
ISBN (Print)	9783319474571
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-47458-8_3
Publication status	Published - 2017
Externally published	Yes

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SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth

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