Bücher online kaufen
Seven Deadly Economic Sins
-0 %
Obstacles to Prosperity and Happiness Every Citizen Should Know
Sofort lieferbar | Lieferzeit: Sofort lieferbar I
Artikel-Nr:
9781108843379
Veröffentl:
2021
Erscheinungsdatum:
08.04.2021
Seiten:
305
Autor:
James R. Otteson
Gewicht:
518 g
Format:
223x120x28 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
Otteson, James R.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).
You have heard of the Seven Deadly Sins: pride, greed, lust, envy, gluttony, wrath, and sloth. Each is a natural human weakness that impedes happiness. In addition to these vices, however, there are economic sins as well. And they, too, wreak havoc on our lives and in society. They can seem intuitively compelling, yet they lead to waste, loss, and forgone prosperity. In this thoughtful and compelling book, James Otteson tells the story of seven central economic fallacies, explaining why they are fallacies, why believing in them leads to mistakes and loss, and how exorcizing them from our thinking can help us avoid costly errors and enable us to live in peace and prosperity.
Compelling basic principles of economics every citizen should know to enable better personal decision-making and better evaluation of public policy.
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.