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Informationen zum Autor Seif Ibrahim Tag el-Din is Professor of Economics at Imam University, Saudi Arabia. He is the author of over 35 research papers, discussion papers and encyclopedia entries and Editor of the journal Review of Islamic Economics . Seif received his PHD at the University of Edinburgh in Economics. Other qualifications include an MSc in Statistics from Glasgow University and a BSc in Economics and Statistics from Khartoum University.Seif's main research interests are Islamic financial markets, risk-return optimality of interest free finance and economic methodology.The Islamic Development Bank awarded Prof. Dr. Seif Ibrahim Tag el-Din as the winner of the IDB Prize in Islamic Economics for the year 2015 in recognition of the important role he played in advancing the cause of Islamic economics. Klappentext Islamic finance rests on the principles of free market exchange found in Islamic economics. But the latter has failed to keep pace with the rapid development of the former. Much work published on Islamic economics is idealistic, and some is radically ideological, with little relevance for the Islamic financial industry. Students and practioners need a coherent body of economic theory in order to understand the practical objectives of Shari'ah (the maqasid) and acquire a clear sense of the direction of the Islamic finance industry.This book draws on the received sources of maqasid to demonstrate the principles of exchange economics for markets and instititions operating under Shari'ah. It shows where they converge and explains how they differ from conventional economics through the banning of usury and other exploitative financial contracts. The positive features of maqasid are emphasised, notably the merits of contracts based on risk sharing rather than transferring risk.Key Features. Uses the common conceptual framework shared by the maqasid and the conventional approach to economics to analyse market behaviour. Clearly explains the maqasid economic rationale for prohibiting interest from legitimate market exchange. Includes learning outcomes, chapter previews, chapter summaries and revision questionsSeif Ibrahim Tag el-Din is Professor of Economics at Imam University, Riyadh Zusammenfassung Drawing on received sources of maqasid (Shari'ah's practical objectives)! this book demonstrates how the principles of market economics affect how markets and financial institutions actually operate under Shari'ah law. It explains the maqasid economic rationale of precluding interest rates on money capital from legitimate economic exchange. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; Part I. Methodology of economics from the maqasid perspective; 1. Economics of maqasid; 2. Economic exchange and utility theory; 3. Non-market economics and maqasid equitable public policy; Part II. Legitimate economic exchange and productive organization; 4. Trade versus usury; 5. Principles of economic exchange and the nature of money; 6. Economic organisation and factor productivity; Part III. Market imperfections; 7. Sources and treatment of market imperfection; 8. Lessons from sales usury on market imperfection; Bibliography; Index...
