Outline: Religion and Economics

Religion and Economics in America

A.     Religion: Geertz

1.     Narrative and Philosophy: Morality and Ethics

2.     Ritual and Psychology

3.     Dogma and Institutions

4.     Politics and Power: Foucault

5.     Memes and Genes

6.     Families, Schools, Religion, Nationalism
7.   Secret knowledge and The Commons: Hopi to American

A.     Moral Psychology: Haidt

1.     Religion and Conservatism

2.     Religion and Liberalism

3.     Libertarianism: Left and Right
4. The dogmatic foundations of worldview

4.   Religion, Science and Paradigm Shifts

B.     Economics and Economic History

1.     Economics in Academia: a history

2.     Smith, Keynes, Marx, and Hayek: Old Cold War Categories

3.     Religion and Economics: The Protestant Work Ethic
4.  Utopian economics: See "How Markets Fail" by John Cassidy http://www.amazon.com/How-Markets-Fail-Calamities-ebook/dp/B002VOGQRO/ref=kinw_dp_ke
4.  The market and two income families

C.     The Reagan Counter Revolution and the Culture Wars

D.     The Rise of Winner-Take-All Economics in Academia:

2. Trickle Down and Free Market Economics: A History

3. Social Darwinism and Economics

4. Markets and Liberal Education:

5. Think Tanks and Conservatism

6. Buying into Academia and the New Dogmatism

        E. The Crisis: Family

                  1. Revealing Assumptions in Economic Theory

                  2. The Tea Party Mythology and Dogmatism

                  3. Paradigm Shift: Obama’s Socialism and Pragmatism

                  4. Family
                   5. Two income families.