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March IPA Review: Islam and the free market March 19th, 2007
The March IPA Review has just returned from the printers - in full, glorious colour, I might add! - it should be in newsagents in the next couple of days. But, as always, there is a mouthwatering selection of articles up on the website already. (www.ipa.org.au)
…including the cover story, “Islam’s free market heritage“, by Andrew Kemp and myself, which exposes a rarely discussed strain of Islamic thought. Particular emphasis in the article is given to Ibn Khaldun, a fourteenth century historiographer, sociologist and economist whose economic thought was far ahead of his time.
But to fully appreciate the high-quality and intellectual breadth of the March 2007 edition of the IPA Review - our 60th year in publication - you will have to get your hands on a copy.
That’s a great read Chris - thanks. I’ve been meaning to read a bit more on Ibn Khaldun - would you happen to know a good biography or introduction?
Should mention I only made it here because Cam on SSR mentioned it
http://www.southsearepublic.org/story/2007/3/21/143129/666
Comment by Adam Burke — 24/3/2007 @ 2:42 am
Are the copies in the mail?
Comment by Sinclair Davidson — 24/3/2007 @ 10:59 am
Sinc: If you haven’t got it yet, you should get it monday!
Adam: Much of the Ibn Khaldun work was drawn from online sources - the Minaret of Freedom Institute has published a great deal on this. Ibn Khaldun’s Muqaddimah is also online, as is a number of academic articles on aspects of his economic thought, which a google search should be able to reveal. I don’t know of any major works on his life, unfortunately.
A book I would recommend on islamic capitalism more generally would be Islam and Capitalism by Maxime Rodinson, which i mention in the piece.
Comment by Chris Berg — 24/3/2007 @ 11:25 am
okay - cool
Comment by Sinclair Davidson — 24/3/2007 @ 8:55 pm
I challenge you, Mssrs. Berg and kemp, to defend your paper in public. My expertise is not in economics. Mr. Jackson, however, is. he has thoroughly demolished what you have written. Why not contact him for a direct challenge and set it up?
Jackson has reprised the history in a podcast some acquaintances drew my attention to:Does Islam REALLY have a Free Market heritage? http://prodos.solidvox.com/?cat=4.html
Next,I have brought something else to bear at Mangled Thoughts, under the heading :
Institute of Public Affairs (IPA), Paper on Fraud. http://rumcorps.net/mangledthoughts/
Your paper is a complete falsification of history. You betray the trust of those who rely on scholars to illuminate any field of engagement. You have not by any stretch of the imagination even commenced to fulfill that.
The paper is a complete load of rubbish.
Comment by Douglas — 5/7/2007 @ 5:55 pm
Well, Douglas, since you asked so kindly, I’ve penned a few thoughts here.
Comment by Chris Berg — 7/7/2007 @ 3:25 pm
[...] IPA’s (Institute of Public Affairs) Chris Berg and Andrew Kemp say they’ve found [...]
Pingback by PRODOS Worldwide on the SOLID VOX™ Network! Radio Podcast | Celebrate Capitalism™ | PRODOS Institute Inc. — 1/8/2007 @ 11:11 am
I have just finished reading an article you wrote in the Melbourne Age about local government and had to respond. As regards to Moreland council’s overseas juants, I really believe the City we should be spending more time getting friendly with is Venice. I mean, with a A$1.4 billion dollar construction investment that will sit directly on top of a 100+ year old storm water drainage system that already floods due to collapse, we should at least get value for money for sound advice on canal life. It wouldn’t be so obnoxious if they at least didn’t publicly allow funds for a pathetically small upgrade of the system only to divert the funds somewhere else during the year. It just makes a mockery of justice when a political party can make the decisions based on short term popularity that are then just bulldozed through council meetings due to political bias. Who will have to pay when the various commercial entities who have invested within this development area sue because thier investments are subject to periodical flooding about which the council had prior knowledge? Who? Us of course!
Comment by Peter Morcomb — 28/9/2008 @ 4:05 pm