The contemporary

economic systems have failed

to solve the economic

problems of mankind. The

failure. of socialism is too

o.bvious to need any

documentation. The track

record of capitalism is far

from being promising.

Although a small minority has

achieved unprecedentlY high

material standards of living, a

vast majority lives under

conditions of abject PovertY. The problems of

unemployment, inflation,

poverty amidst affluence,

unequal distribution of wealth,

frequent bouts of business

recession, environmental

pollution and ecological

imbalance still bedevil man's

present life and threaten his

future.

The present book

contends that the Islamic

economic order has the

potential of ushering in an age

of human bliss; and the

resources to build a free, just

and responsible world for

everyone on the earth.