Prophecy, Piety, and Profits

Ayman Reda is a Lecturer at the University of Michigan–Dearborn, USA. He has a PhD in Economics from Michigan State University, and specializes in the history of Islamic economic thought. His professional record includes several articles in internationally recognized journals, conference presentations, invitations to seminars, research grants, and book reviews.

• 1. Abundance and Scarcity: Introduction.- 2. Abundance and Scarcity: Greek Economic Thought.- 3. Abundance and Scarcity: Christian Economic Thought.- 4. Abundance and Scarcity: Classical Economic Thought.- 5. Abundance and Scarcity: Neoclassical Economic Thought.- 6. Critiques of the Scarcity Paradigm.- 7. Abundance and Scarcity: Islamic Economic Thought.- 8. Wealth and Poverty: Introduction.- 9. Wealth and Poverty: Greek Economic Thought.- 10. Wealth and Poverty: Christian Economic Thought.- 11. Wealth and Poverty: Classical Economic Thought.- 12. Wealth and Poverty: Neoclassical Economic Thought and Its Critics.- 13. Wealth and Poverty: Islamic Economic Thought.- 14. Charity and Usury: Introduction.- 15. Charity: An Intellectual History.- 16. Usury: An Intellectual History.- 17. Charity and Usury: Reunified.- 18. Self-Interest and Rationality: Introduction.- 19. Self-Interest: An Intellectual History.- 20. Self-Interest and Rationality: The Modern Connection.- 21. Islam, Rationality, and Self-Interest.- 22. Utopias and Markets: Introduction.- 23. Utopias.- 24. The Market as Utopia: The ‘Invisible Hand’ Thesis.- 25. Markets in Islam.