Moral Markets : the Critical Role of Values in the Economy.

Like nature itself, modern economic life is driven by relentless competition and unbridled selfishness. Or is it? Drawing on converging evidence from neuroscience, social science, biology, law, and philosophy, Moral Markets makes the case that modern market exchange works only because most people, m...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Zak, Paul J.
Other Authors: Jensen, Michael C.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2010.
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Contents; Foreword; Introduction; Preface: Is Free Enterprise Values in Action?; Acknowledgments; List of Contributors; PART I: PHILOSOPHICAL FOUNDATIONS OF VALUES; PART II: NONHUMAN ORIGINS OF VALUES; PART III: THE EVOLUTION OF VALUES AND SOCIETY; PART IV: VALUES AND THE LAW; PART V: VALUES AND THE ECONOMY; Index.