| Description |
xvi, 359 pages ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-350) and index. |
| Contents |
Economics, the market, and community -- What is community? and is it worth the cost? -- The cutting edge of modernity -- Individualism -- Some history -- From vice to virtue in a century -- How do we know when we do not know? -- Sources of the modern ideology of knowledge -- Taking experience seriously -- Welfare economics and the nation-state -- Why is enough never enough? -- The economics of tragic choices -- From imperialism to globalization, by way of development -- Appendix A: The limits of dissent -- Appendix B: The distributional roots of the enclosure movement. |
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Economics -- Sociological aspects.
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Economics -- Sociological aspects. |
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Markets -- Social aspects.
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Markets -- Social aspects. |
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Economic development -- Social aspects.
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Economic development -- Social aspects. |
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Communities.
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Communities. |
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Social structure -- Economic aspects.
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Social structure -- Economic aspects. |
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Social structure. |
| Added Title |
How thinking like an economist undermines community |
| ISBN |
9780674026544 alkaline paper |
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0674026543 alkaline paper |
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