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Morals and markets : an evolutionary account of the modern world / Daniel Friedman
Bib ID 4505741
Format BookBook
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Friedman, Daniel, 1947-
 
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Edition 1st ed. 
Description New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2008 
261 p. ; 25 cm. 
ISBN 0230600972  9780230600973 
Full contents
  • 1. The savanna code : what code are morals?
  • 2. Bazaar and empire : how did we become civilized and why did we start shopping?
  • 3. The great transformation : why is the modern world so rich?
  • 4. Utopias of cooperation : romantics, communists, and other anti-moderns
  • 5. Russia's transition to kleptocracy : when markets need morals
  • 6. Japan's bubbles and zombies : when morals choke markets
  • 7. Towers of trust : the rise (and occasional crash) of financial markets
  • 8. From Hudson's Bay to eBay : why do some people like going to work?
  • 9. Markets for crime and markets for punishment
  • 10. Mullahs' revenge : gangs, cults, and anti-terrorists
 
Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. [231]-244) and index.

Subjects Economics - Moral and ethical aspects.  |  Free enterprise - Moral and ethical aspects.  |  Capitalism - Moral and ethical aspects.  |  Business ethics.

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