Economics of good and evil : the quest for economic meaning from Gilgamesh to Wall Street / Tomas Sedlacek.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sedláček, Tomáš, 1977-

Standardized Title:

Ekonomie dobra a zla. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economics--Philosophy.

Economics.

Economics--Moral and ethical aspects.

Good and evil.

Civilization--History.

Civilization.

Literature and morals.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (365 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Tomas Sedlacek has shaken the study of economics as few ever have. Named one of the ""Young Guns"" and one of the ""five hot minds in economics"" by the Yale Economic Review, he serves on the National Economic Council in Prague, where his provocative writing has achieved bestseller status. How has he done it? By arguing a simple, almost heretical proposition: economics is ultimately about good and evil. In The Economics of Good and Evil, Sedlacek radically rethinks his field, challenging our assumptions about the world. Economics is touted as a science, a value-free mathematical inquiry, he wr

Contents:

pt. 1. Ancient economics and beyond

pt. 2. Blasphemous thoughts.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-19-983190-4

1-283-16029-3

9786613160294

0-19-983061-4

OCLC:

735624961