Shakespeare's Twenty-First Century Economics

• 1: Introduction: Understanding Money2: "Great Creating Nature": How Human Economics Grows out of Natural Increase3: "Nothing Will Come of Nothing": The Love Bond and the Meaning of Zero4: "My Purse, My Purse": How Bonds Connect People and Property, Souls and Bodies5: "The Quality of Mercy is Not Strained": Why Justice Must be Lubricated with Mercy6: "Never Call a True Piece of Gold a Counterfeit": How Does One Stamp a Value on a Coin and Make it Stick?7: "Thou Owest God a Death": Debt, Time, and the Parable of the Talents8: "Bounty...That Grew the More for Reaping": Why Creation Enters into Bonds9: "Dear Life Redeems You": The Economics of Resurrection10: "O Brave New World": Shakespeare and the Economic FailureBibliography (Suggestions for Further Reading)

Whereas many critics have attempted to fracture the myth of the all-knowing, all-wise Shakespeare, Turner argues compellingly that his work is remarkably insightful regarding 300 years of history and can be used to examine current socioeconomic issues....Readers will find food for thought in this gracefully presented text.