Economics of good and evil : the quest for economic meaning from Gilgamesh to Wall Street
tarafından
 
Sedláček, Tomáš, 1977- author

Başlık
: 
Economics of good and evil : the quest for economic meaning from Gilgamesh to Wall Street

Yazar
: 
Sedláček, Tomáš, 1977- author

ISBN
: 
9780199767205

Yazar Ek Girişi
: 
Sedláček, Tomáš, 1977- author

Tek Biçim Başlık
: 
Ekonomie dobra a zla. English

Fiziksel Tanımlama
: 
xii, 352 pages. : illustrations ; 25 cm.

İçerik
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I: Ancient economics and beyond -- The epic of Gilgamesh: on effectiveness, immortality, and the economics of friendship -- The Old Testament: earthliness and goodness -- Ancient Greece -- Christianity: spirituality in the material world -- Descartes the mechanic -- Bernard Mandeville's beehive of vice -- Adam Smith, blacksmith of economics -- II: Blasphemous thoughts -- Need for greed: the history of want -- Progress, new Adam, and Sabbath economics -- The axis of good and evil and the Bibles of economics -- The history of the invisible hand of the market and homo economicus -- The history of animal spirits: the dream never sleeps -- Metamathematics -- Masters of truth: science, myths, and faith -- Conclusion: where the wild things are.

Özet
: 
A historical tour of economic ideas in world literature to examine the way societies have reconciled their moral values with economic forces.

Konu Başlığı
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Economics -- Philosophy.
 
Ekonomi -- Felsefe.
 
Economics -- Moral and ethical aspects.
 
Ekonomi -- Ahlaki ve etiksel etkiler.
 
Good and evil.
 
İyi ve kötü.
 
Civilization -- History.
 
Uygarlık -- Tarih.
 
Literature and morals.
 
Edebiyat ve ahlak.


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