James R. Otteson

Seven Deadly Economic Sins

Obstacles to Prosperity and Happiness Every Citizen Should Know

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

For the educated reader without formal training in economics, this volume analyses several central principles of economics and how they relate to enduring questions such as poverty, inequality, and sustainability. Discusses common economic mistakes, how we can avoid them, and how doing so can enable public and private prosperity.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 322
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. April 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 223mm x 120mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 520g
• ISBN-13: 9781108843379
• ISBN-10: 1108843379
• Artikelnr.: 59910929

Autorenporträt

James R. Otteson is the John T. Ryan Jr. Professor of Business Ethics at the University of Notre Dame. He is the author of Adam Smith's Marketplace of Life (2002), Actual Ethics (2006), The End of Socialism (2014), and Honorable Business (2019).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction; 1. Wealth Is Positive-Sum; 2. Good Is Not Good Enough; 3. There Is No Great Mind; 4. Progress Is Not Inevitable; 5. Economics and/or Morality; 6. Equality of What?; 7. Markets Are Not Perfect; Conclusion. The World and I.

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Introduction
1. Wealth Is Positive-Sum
2. Good Is Not Good Enough
3. There Is No Great Mind
4. Progress Is Not Inevitable
5. Economics and/or Morality
6. Equality of What?
7. Markets Are Not Perfect
Conclusion. The World and I.

Rezensionen

'Otteson, a philosopher, has written for non-economists the best short introduction to economics, and to a wider political economy. It is lucid, generous, open-handed yet thorough, and solidly based scientifically. Come to think of it, most economists should read it, too. They might stop using 'philosophical' as a term of contempt, and get back to an Adam-Smithian depth of understanding.' Deirdre McCloskey, University of Illinois, Chicago