Seven Deadly Economic Sins - Obstacles to Prosperity and Happiness Every Citizen Should Know

Zusatztext 'James Otteson is not just a scholar of markets, he is their Mozart. In this compelling tour, Otteson lays out economic principles the way Mozart laid out a sonata. Otteson orders and presents key principles in a fashion any American can understand and appreciate.' Amity Shlaes, author of Great Society Informationen zum Autor James R. Otteson is the John T. Ryan Jr. Professor of Business Ethics at the University of Notre Dame. He is the author of Adam Smith's Marketplace of Life (2002), Actual Ethics (2006), The End of Socialism (2014), and Honorable Business (2019). Klappentext Compelling basic principles of economics every citizen should know to enable better personal decision-making and better evaluation of public policy. Zusammenfassung For the educated reader without formal training in economics, this volume analyses several central principles of economics and how they relate to enduring questions such as poverty, inequality, and sustainability. Discusses common economic mistakes, how we can avoid them, and how doing so can enable public and private prosperity. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; 1. Wealth Is Positive-Sum; 2. Good Is Not Good Enough; 3. There Is No Great Mind; 4. Progress Is Not Inevitable; 5. Economics and/or Morality; 6. Equality of What?; 7. Markets Are Not Perfect; Conclusion. The World and I.

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• Authors: Otteson James Otteson, James R. Otteson, James R. (Wake Forest University Otteson, Otteson James R.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.04.2021
• EAN: 9781108843379
• ISBN: 978-1-108-84337-9
• No. of pages: 330
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Economics; Economics, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Economy, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / Theory, Economic theory & philosophy, Political Economy, Economic theory and philosophy