| LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER |
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| LC control number |
2012046886 |
| INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9781137282583 (alk. paper) |
| DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Call number |
174/.4 |
| MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Authors |
Friedman, Daniel, |
| Dates |
1947- |
| TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Morals and markets : |
| Subtitle |
the dangerous balance / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc |
Daniel Friedman and Daniel McNeill. |
| EDITION STATEMENT |
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| Edition |
2nd ed. |
| PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
287 p. ; |
| Size |
24 cm. |
| CONTENTS |
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| Contents |
The Savanna code: what good are morals? -- The rise of wealth: how we became civilized and started shopping -- From Melqart to Zombieworld: adventures in imbalance -- Madness, lies, and crashes: when prices run free -- Blundering back to balance: TARP and tear gas -- China: morals and the rush to wealth -- From Hudson's Bay to eBay: why some people like going to work -- Markets and sin: murder, mega-casinos, and drug wars -- Underworlds: the tao of gangs -- Cooling the earth: the preservation markets -- The world ahead. |
| SUMMARY |
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| Summary |
An updated book on markets and morals that includes new insights into the 2008 financial crash from a historical and ethical economic perspectiveEconomist Daniel Friedman draws on recent research in evolutionary game theory and behavioral economics to explore the relationship between our moral codes and our market systems. Why are they so often at odds? Friedman traces the evolutionary history of morals and markets, and argues that both are devices humans have evolved to cope with the inherent conflict between individual and group needs. Morals work well to prevent and solve this conflict within small groups, but tend to break down at larger scale. Markets efficiently organize the activities of very large groups - even billions of people - but large markets tend to be ruthless, ignoring the needs of individuals and small groups. Friedman shows how imbalance between morals and markets is at the root of such problems as the recent corporate scandals in the United States including the global financial crisis the world continues to face. On the other hand, balance between moral and market concerns has resulted in creative, sustainable solutions to some of our most intractable problems. Acid rain, for example, has been cut in half in large part because of emissions trading programs. Friedman explores this and other ways moral and market forces can be balanced to achieve better solutions than either could on its own. |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical Heading |
Economics |
| General |
Moral and ethical aspects. |
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Economics |
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Sociological aspects. |
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Capitalism |
| General |
Moral and ethical aspects. |
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Economic history. |
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| Name |
McNeill, Daniel. |
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| Uniform Resource Identifier |
https://uowd.box.com/s/n8y450al2ckngb55mj94i0499dltaz12 |
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