The document discusses key differences between the Islamic and neoclassical perspectives of economics. It states that in the Islamic view, resources are abundant and sufficient to meet mankind's needs according to God's provision. Economics aims for self-sufficiency through meeting basic needs, equity in distribution, and utilizing society's capabilities. This differs from the neoclassical view which sees scarcity, allocation, and competition as inherent due to its focus on positivism and economic competition. Further, Islam constructs the individual as a cooperative being governed by ethics and divine law, unlike the neoclassical view.
The document discusses key differences between the Islamic and neoclassical perspectives of economics. It states that in the Islamic view, resources are abundant and sufficient to meet mankind's needs according to God's provision. Economics aims for self-sufficiency through meeting basic needs, equity in distribution, and utilizing society's capabilities. This differs from the neoclassical view which sees scarcity, allocation, and competition as inherent due to its focus on positivism and economic competition. Further, Islam constructs the individual as a cooperative being governed by ethics and divine law, unlike the neoclassical view.
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Principles and Instruments of the Islamic Political Economy
The document discusses key differences between the Islamic and neoclassical perspectives of economics. It states that in the Islamic view, resources are abundant and sufficient to meet mankind's needs according to God's provision. Economics aims for self-sufficiency through meeting basic needs, equity in distribution, and utilizing society's capabilities. This differs from the neoclassical view which sees scarcity, allocation, and competition as inherent due to its focus on positivism and economic competition. Further, Islam constructs the individual as a cooperative being governed by ethics and divine law, unlike the neoclassical view.
The document discusses key differences between the Islamic and neoclassical perspectives of economics. It states that in the Islamic view, resources are abundant and sufficient to meet mankind's needs according to God's provision. Economics aims for self-sufficiency through meeting basic needs, equity in distribution, and utilizing society's capabilities. This differs from the neoclassical view which sees scarcity, allocation, and competition as inherent due to its focus on positivism and economic competition. Further, Islam constructs the individual as a cooperative being governed by ethics and divine law, unlike the neoclassical view.
Definition of Economics in Islamic Perspective The Quranic view on the availability of resources is that God has provided abundance to mankind in the universe, and that the total resources at his disposable are sufficient enough to sustain mankind The idea of self-sufficiency in Islamic economics means that the Islamic basket of goods comprises specific types. They are necessaries, comforts and luxuries graded in this order according to the requirements of basic needs, distributive equity and productive capability of the society at any point of time Allocation, scarcity and competition are the inescapable characteristics of the neoclassical order because it aims at constructing a positivistic view of the economic world based on economic competition Difference between Islam and Neoclassical view The principal source of difference in the definition of economics in the Islamic and neoclassical framework is the model of the individual they differently construct In Islam, the individual is a cooperative being endowed with fundamental ethical qualities and a Divine Law to govern and be governed by DERIVATION OF THE PRINCIPLE OF 'TAWHID' AND HUMAN SOLIDARITY