Economics of Good and Evil
The Quest for Economic Meaning from Gilgamesh to Wall Street
(Sprache: Englisch)
A historical tour of economic ideas in world literature to examine the way societies have reconciled their moral values with economic forces.
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A historical tour of economic ideas in world literature to examine the way societies have reconciled their moral values with economic forces.
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1. The Epic of Gilgamesh: On effectiveness, Immortality and the Economics of Friendship ; 2. The Old Testament: Earthliness and Goodness ; 3. Ancient Greece ; 4. Christianity: Spirituality in the Material World ; 5. Descartes the Mechanic ; 6. Bernard Mandeville's Beehive of Vice ; 7. Adam Smith, Blacksmith of Economics ; 8. Need for Greed - The History of Want ; 9. Progress and Sabbath Economics ; 10. The Axis of Good and Evil and the Bibles of Economics ; 11. The History of the Invisible Hand of the Market and Homo Oeconomicus ; 12. The History of Animal Spirits - the Dream Never Sleeps ; 13. MetaMathematics ; 14. Masters of Truth: Science, Myths and Faith
Autoren-Porträt von Tomas Sedlacek
Tomas Sedlacek lectures at Charles University and is a member of the National Economic Council in Prague, where the original version of this book was a national bestseller and was also adapted as a popular theater-piece. He worked as an advisor of Vaclav Havel, the first Czech president after the fall of communism, and is a regular columnist and popular radio and TV commentator.
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- Autor: Tomas Sedlacek
- 376 Seiten, 15 Schwarz-Weiß-Abbildungen, Maße: 16,1 x 24,1 cm, Gebunden, Englisch
- Verlag: Oxford University Press Inc
- ISBN-10: 0199767203
- ISBN-13: 9780199767205
- Erscheinungsdatum: 10.06.2011
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Englisch
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