Table of Contents

Islamic Economics and Banking: The Background The Islamic Critique of Interest Non-Interest Finance and Macroeconomic Stability The Interest Free Financial System Modelling Profit and Loss Sharing Non-Interest Banking in Practice Some Key Issue in the Islamic Financial System Prohibition of Interest in Western Literature Conclusions Index

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PAUL S. MILLS is Manager, UK Debt Management Office, HM Treasury, Threadneedle Street, London

JOHN R. PRESLEY is Professor of Economics at Loughborough University. He has written or edited over fifteen books including Banking in the Arab Gulf (with Rodney Wilson), A Guide to the Saudi Arabian Economy (with A. J. Westaway) and Islamic Financial Institutions.