Greed / edited by Alexis Brassey and Stephen Barber ; foreword by Nicola Horlick.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Brassey, Alex, 1972-

Barber, Stephen, 1974-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Avarice.

Physical Description:

xv, 191 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Basingstoke [England] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.

Summary:

"This book is a provocative examination of the idea of greed from various perspectives, drawing together experts from academia, politics and business. Greed explores whether the desire for material possession in post-industrial economies is a positive or a negative phenomenon and considers the implications of greed on society and the global economy"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction to Greed / Alexis Brassey, Stephen Barber 1

1 Greed and the Market / John Meadowcroft 5

2 Greed and the Super-Rich / Stephen Haseler, Henning Meyer 21

3 Greed or Competitive Firms? / Jocelyn Pixley 42

4 Back to the Future: Teaching the Greed Business / Ken Starkey, Cary Cooper 64

5 The Disputable Truth of Economic Greed / Stephen Barber 80

6 What Drives Man Toward Greed? / Alexis Brassey 94

7 Greed in Jewish Lore / Jeremy Rosen 112

8 Condemning Greed? Catholic Perspectives / Patrick Riordan 123

9 Working with Greed: The Challenges of Inequalities / Marco Roncarati 143

10 Sufficiency not Greed: 'Consume Less, Share More, Enjoy Life' / Derek Wall 157

11 The Narrative of Consumption: Greed and Literature / Linda Freedman 170.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780230201484

0230201482

OCLC:

452301041