Natural Law, Economics and the Common Good

Informationen zum Autor Samuel Gregg writes and speaks on questions of political economy, ethics in finance, and economic history. He is Director of Research at the Acton Institute and a consultant for Oxford Analytica Ltd. He holds an MA in political philosophy from the University of Melbourne, and a DPhil in moral philosophy and political economy from the University of Oxford. Dr. Gregg is the author of several books. Harold James, who holds a joint appointment as Professor of International Affairs in the Woodrow Wilson School of Princeton University, and as Marie Curie Professor at the European University Institute in Florence, studies economic and financial history and modern German history. He was educated at Cambridge University (PhD, 1982) and was a Fellow of Peterhouse for eight years before moving to Princeton University in 1986. Professor James books is the author of a number of books. Klappentext In the wake of the financial crisis of 2008 and ongoing debt-related troubles there have been widespread calls to put banking and economic activity on a secure ethical foundation, either by regulation or through voluntary reform. In this volume the authors explore various economic, philosophical and ethical ideas from historical, contemporary, and future-looking perspectives.

Product details

• Authors: Samuel Gregg, Samuel James Gregg, GREGG SAMUEL JAMES HAROLD, Harold James
• Assisted by: Samuel Gregg (Editor), Harold James (Editor)
• Publisher: Imprint Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.03.2012
• EAN: 9781845403102
• ISBN: 978-1-84540-310-2
• No. of pages: 250
• Series: St Andrews Studies in Philosophy and Public Affairs; St Andrews Studies in Philosophy and Public Affairs; St. Andrews Studies in Philoso
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Economics