Future of Economics: An Islamic Perspective

Abstract

This is simply a superb book. It presents a more detailed elaboration of some preliminary ideas expressed by the author in a lecture delivered by him on October 29, 1990 at IDB on the occasion of his receipt of IDB award on Islamic Economics. In the words of Khurshid Ahmad, who wrote the forward of the book, Dr. Chapra has blazed a new trail in the book, "The Future of Economics: An Islamic Perspective". It is a seminal contribution not only to Islamic economic literature, but also to contemporary economic debate as such. It is a powerful yet balanced critique of mainstream economics and makes a forceful plea for taking economics out of its secular and occident - centred cocoon. The book contains eight coherent chapters, in addition to an "introduction", preface, forward (by Khurshid Ahmad) and an excellent bibliography and index.