On the notion of economic justice in contemporary Islamic thought

dc.contributor.author	Kuran, Timur	en_US
dc.date.accessioned	2010-06-28T18:59:03Z
dc.date.available	2010-06-28T18:59:03Z
dc.date.issued	1989-05	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10161/2591
dc.description.abstract	In the massive contemporary literature that has come to be known as "Islamic economics,"' the claim is repeatedly made that an Islamic economic system would achieve a greater degree of economic justice than existing capitalist and socialist systems. An Islamic system, it is said, would be free, on the one hand, of the exploitation and severe inequalities that characterize capitalism, and on the other, of the class struggles and intolerable restrictions that are the hallmarks of socialism...	en_US
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dc.language.iso	en_US
dc.publisher	Journal of Middle East Studies	en_US
dc.subject	Islamic economics	en_US
dc.title	On the notion of economic justice in contemporary Islamic thought	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article	en_US
dc.department	Economics