Table of Contents

Contents | Preface| Introduction: Is it Necessary to Have Economics with an Islamic Perspective? | Chapter 1: Conventional Economics | Chapter 2: The Islamic Paradigm Through History | Chapter 3: Can Science be Built on a Religious Paradigm? (The Conflict of Reason and Revelation in the Muslim World and its Modern Implications) | Chapter 4: Islamic Economics: What it Should Be | Chapter 5: Socio-Economic Dynamics of Classical Islamic Economics | Chapter 6: The Causes of Muslim Decline: Applying Ibn Khaldun's Analysis to Muslim History -- Part I: Are Islam and Moral Degeneration the Causes of Decline? -- Part II: The Trigger Mechanism and its Effects -- Part III: Some Ibar (Lessons) of Muslim History | Chapter 7: The Recent Revival: A Survey -- Part I: Money, Banking and Monetary Policy -- Part II: Macroeconomics and its Microfoundations | Bibliography | Index

About the Author

M. Umer Chapra is a research advisor at the Islamic Research and Training Institute of the Islamic Development Bank, Jeddah, and author of "The Future of Economics" and "Islam and the Economic Challenge." He is ranked amongst the Top 50 Global Leaders in Islamic economics (ISLAMICA 500, 2015) and has been awarded with two prestigious awards for his contributions to the field: Islamic Development Bank Award for Islamic Economics (1989), King Faisal International Prize for Islamic Studies (1989).