Early Islam and the Birth of Capitalism
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| Rating | : | 4.63 (725 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B00L4YM70M |
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| Number of Pages | : | 447 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2018-01-25 |
| Language | : | English |
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Benedikt Koehler is the editor of A History of Financial Disasters 1857-1923 and is the author of biographies of Ludwig Bamberger, one of the founders of Germany's Deutsche Bank, and of nineteenth-century political philosopher Adam Müller.
As such, the new religion had much to say on trade, consumer protection, business ethics, and property. These financial innovations include the invention of the corporation, business management techniques, commercial arithmetic, and monetary reform. There were other Islamic institutions assimilated in Europe: charities, the waqf, inspired trusts, and institutions of higher learning; the madrasas were models for the oldest colleges of Oxford and Cambridge. Early Islam and the Birth of Capitalism proposes a strikingly original thesis—that capitalism first emerged in Arabia, not in late medieval Italian city states as is commonly assumed.Early Islam made a seminal but largely unrecognized con
Interesting! Nasim Beg Appears to be reasonably well researched. Not too sure if all that is attributed to the Islamic society is the the base or simply practices of the time. Particularly interesting that the Prophet ruled against price control.. Three Stars abdul Q. kundi It is an informative book but has a lot of repetition of ideas.
(Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung)This book advances a very powerful hypothesis; the author claims that capitalism originated in Islam with Makkah as its birthplace, instead of Christianity and medieval city-states in Italy during the Renaissance…. (Arshad A. His work represents an opportunity for bridge building that combats a legacy of misinformation and polarization inherent in comparative presentations of Islamic and Western economic systems and histories. (Economic Affairs)The British economic historian Benedikt Koehler sheds light on an entirely different Muhammad: the entrepreneur from Mecca and the founder of economic institutions which – long before Italian cities of the Renaissance – gave an impetus to capitalist business practices. I hope the book can create many avenues for discussion and exchange