The Commercial Society - Foundations and Challenges in a Global Age

Guided by the thoughts of Alexis de Tocqueville, Samuel Gregg's The Commercial Society identifies and explores the key foundational elements that must exist within a society for commercial order to take root and flourish. Gregg studies the challenges that have consistently impeded and occasionally undermined commercial order.

List of contents

Chapter 1 Toward Commercial Order Part 2 Part 1: Foundations Chapter 3 Neither Angel nor Beast Chapter 4 The System of Natural Liberty Chapter 5 The Liberty of Law Part 6 Part 2: Challenges Chapter 7 The Temptation of Politics Chapter 8 The Dilemma of Democracy Chapter 9 Culture and the Possibility of "Non-Spontaneous" Commercial Society

About the author

Samuel Gregg

Summary

Guided by the thoughts of Alexis de Tocqueville, Samuel Gregg's The Commercial Society identifies and explores the key foundational elements that must exist within a society for commercial order to take root and flourish. Gregg studies the challenges that have consistently impeded and occasionally undermined commercial order.

Product details

• Authors: Samuel Gregg, Gregg Samuel
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.12.2006
• EAN: 9780739119945
• ISBN: 978-0-7391-1994-5
• No. of pages: 177
• Dimensions: 146 mm x 222 mm x 19 mm
• Series: Studies in Ethics and Economic; Studies in Ethics and Economics; Studies in Ethics and Economics
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Miscellaneous; Economics, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, Sociology & anthropology, Sociology and anthropology