Moral Economy of Islam: Institute of International Studies; University of California, Berkeley
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Akhavi, Shahrough. Radical Islam: Medieval Theology and Modern Politics. (book reviews) Problems of Communism v38, n4 (July-August, 1989):117 (6 pages). Pub Type: Review.
Ali, S. Nazim Information on Islamic Banking and Economics as Represented by Selected Databases. International journal of information management. Vol. 13, No. 3:205 (June 1993)
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Behdad, Sohrab A Disputed Utopia: Islamic Economics in Revolutionary Iran. Comparative studies in society and history. Vol. 36, No. 4; pp. 775-813 (October: 1994)
Behdad, Sohrab. Islamization of economics in Iranian universities. International Journal of Middle East Studies v27, n2 (May, 1995):193 (25 pages). Abstract: The development of an Islamic economics curriculum in Iranian universities is discussed. The process began following the demands of student groups for the Islamization of the academic system in April 1980. Existing academic and Islamic economic theories were compared to establish a true form of Islamic economics. These efforts spawned a philosophy that valued economic growth against social equity and supported the quest for profit.
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Clawson, Patrick. Islamic Iran's economic politics and prospects. Middle East Journal v42, n3 (Summ, 1988):371 (18 pages).
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Ebrahim, M-S; Safadi, A Behavioral norms in the Islamic doctrine of economics: A comment Journal of economic behavior & organization. Vol. 27, No. 1; pp. 151; 1995.
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Ghazanfar, S.M.; Islahi, A. Azim. Economic thought of an Arab scholastic: Abu Hamid al-Ghazali. History of Political Economy v22, n2 (Summer, 1990):381 (23 pages).
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Hatem, Mervat. Egypt's middle class in crisis: the sexual division of labor. Middle East Journal v42, n3 (Summ, 1988):407 (16 pages).
Hosseini, H. From Buchanan to Khomeini: Can Neoclassical Economics Explain Iran's Islamic State? The American journal of economics and sociology. Vol. 49, No. 2:167-184 (April 1990)
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Kapil, Arun Islamic Economics: The Surest Path? Middle East Studies Association bulletin. Vol. 29, No. 1; pp. 22; 1995
Kuran, T Further reflections on the behavioral norms of Islamic economics Journal of economic behavior & organization. Vol. 27, No. 1; pp. 159. 1995.
Kuran, Timur. Islamic economics and the Islamic subeconomy. Journal of Economic Perspectives v9, n4 (Fall, 1995):155 (19 pages). Abstract: Literature on Islamic economics began to emerge during the mid-20th century. The literature declares that an Islamic economy would bring together the strengths of capitalism and socialism. Many countries that have opened interest-free Islamic banks have been profitable. The Islamic economy has been able to provide benefits which secular economic institutions can not give.
Kuran, Timur. On the notion of economic justice in contemporary Islamic thought. International Journal of Middle East Studies v21, n2 (May, 1989):171 (21 pages).
Kuran, Timur. The discontents of Islamic economic mortality. American Economic Review v86, n2 (May, 1996):438 (5 pages). Abstract: Economists who criticize Islamic economics due to its alleged failure in improving economic productivity have not yet understood the real meaning of the subject. The goal of Islamic economics is not to improve economic performance but to control the infusion of Western economic concepts into the minds of Moslems. It also attempts to propagate the conflict between the 'Homo Economicus' and the 'Homo Islamicus' sectors of the Moslem community.
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Masters, Bruce. The 1850 events in Aleppo: an aftershock of Syria's incorporation into the capitalist world system. International Journal of Middle East Studies v22, n1 (Feb, 1990):3 (18 pages).
Mehmet, Ozay; Kuran, Timur. A response to Timur Kuran's review of 'Islamic Identity and Development: Studies of the Islamic Periphery.' (International Journal of Middle East Studies, vol. 24, p. 137, 1992; includes reply) International Journal of Middle East Studies v26, n1 (Feb, 1994):174 (3 pages). Abstract: Points of disagreement concerning the review of 'Islamic Identity and Development: Studies of the Islamic Periphery' include the proposal to institute a modern caliphate, the use of the term 'fundamentalism' versus 'Islamic resurgence,' the relationship between Islamic economics and privatization, and the causes of underdevelopment in the Islamic world.
Mueller, Samuel A. Investment returns on an Islamic-principled mutual fund in the United States: further evidence for the cost-of-discipleship hypothesis. Sociology of Religion v55, n1 (Spring, 1994):85 (3 pages).
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Nasr, Seyyed Vali Reza. Islamic economies: novel perspectives. Middle Eastern Studies v25, n4 (Oct, 1989):516 (15 pages).
Nehme, Michel G. Saudi development plans between capitalist and Islamic values. Middle Eastern Studies v30, n3 (July, 1994):632 (14 pages). Abstract: The government of Saudi Arabia has been able to reconcile the competing capitalist and Islamic value systems by promoting economic growth in the name of Islam. Saudi Islamic traditionalists oppose economic development that upsets the established social order. Contrarily, Saudi modernizers recognize the potential for economic growth are are staunchly in favor of it. The government's fear of social upheaval between the two groups prompted it to promote the advance of Islam through economic means.
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Oslington, Paul. Economic thought and religious thought: a comment on Ghazanfar and Islahi. (response to S.M. Ghazanfar and A. Azim Islahi on History of Political Economy, 1990, vol. 22, p. 381) History of Political Economy v27, n4 (Winter, 1995):775 (6 pages). Abstract: S.M. Ghazanfar and A. Azim Islahi should be commended for attempting to relate the writings of an Islamic thinker, specifically Abu Hamid al-Ghazali, to contemporary economics. Works such as theirs are important because historians of economic thought desire improved analyses of early Islamic writings and because modern affairs in the Middle East and elsewhere have emphasized the relationship between Islam and the modern West. Unfortunately, Ghazanfar and Islahi's paper is confusing and prevents any meaningful reading of the relation between modern Western economics and Islamic thinkers.
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Presley, J.R.; Sessions, J.G. Islamic Economics: The Emergence of a New Paradigm. The economic journal: the quarterly journal of the Royal Economic Society. Vol. 104, No. 424: 584-596 (May 1994)
Presley, John R.; Sessions, John G. Islamic economics: the emergence of a new paradigm. Economic Journal v104, n424 (May, 1994):584 (13 pages). Abstract: The potential impact of Islamic doctrine on western-bred economic relationships is considered through a study on the prohibition of interest in Islamic economics. Alternative ways of renumeration, such as through mudarabah profit-and-loss sharing, are seen to enhance capital investment through its ability to act as an efficient revelation device. By applying the method of mudarabah in the Western contract literature, the contract between a project manager and an investor syndicate may greatly be improved in terms of informational asymmetries.
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Roy, Delwin A.; Irelan, William T. Law and economics in the evolution of contemporary Egypt. Middle Eastern Studies v25, n2 (April, 1989):163 (23 pages).
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Soofi, Abdol. Economics of Ibn Khaldun revisited. History of Political Economy v27, n2 (Summer, 1995):387 (18 pages). Abstract: The theories of Ibn Khaldun, a 14th century multi-disciplinary scholar of Tunis, bear a striking resemblance to the modern works of Thomas Malthus and J.M.Keynes. Khaldun believed that there is a historical pattern in the development of societies. Though his philosophy has been considered as the 'economic thought of Islam', his economic analysis is based on sound economic principle and logic. This article broadly analyzes the various components of the 'Khaldunian system' and its theories of value, distribution, growth and development, and public finance.
Starrett, Gregory. The political economy of religious commodities in Cairo. American Anthropologist v97, n1 (March, 1995):51 (18 pages).
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Valibeigi, Mehrdad. Islamic economics and economic policy formation in post-revolutionary Iran: a critique. Journal of Economic Issues v27, n3 (Sept, 1993):793 (20 pages). Abstract: The Islamic Republic of Iran's 'Islamization' program aimed to entrench an Islamic political, economic and social order. However, the foundation of an Islamic economic system was undermined by difficulty in establishing a consensus for planning and formulating policies on the economy. This difficulty may be traced to the various interpretations of the Qur'anic principles upon which social and economic policies should be based. Variant interpretations of the Qur'anic text questioned the extent to which the economic order followed Islamic laws and delayed the foundation of an Islamic economic order.
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Yousefi, M.; Abizadeh, S. A Review of Islamic Economics and Its Implications for Iran Scandinavian journal of development alternatives. Vol. 13, No. 3; pp. 117; 1994.
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