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UNINA9910450678003321 |
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Autore |
Kao Raymond W. Y |
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Titolo |
Stewardship-based economics [[electronic resource] /] / Raymond W.Y. Kao |
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Singapore ; ; Hackensack, NJ, : World Scientific, c2007 |
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ISBN |
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1-281-12141-X |
9786611121419 |
981-277-047-X |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (233 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Economics - Moral and ethical aspects |
Sustainable development |
Consumption (Economics) - Social aspects |
Distributive justice |
Common good - Economic aspects |
Electronic books. |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Foreword; Chapter 1 / Introduction; Chapter 2 / People; Chapter 3 / Resources; Chapter 4 / Fear, Ownership and Stewardship Responsibility; Chapter 5 / Production; Chapter 6 / From Slave Trade to Globalization; Chapter 7 / Distribution and Sharing; Chapter 8 / Capital, Capital Accumulation and Diseconomy; Chapter 9 / Two Plus One; Chapter 10 / The Candle of Hope; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Ownership-based economics has led to the rapid development and apparent universal success of the market economy. It is a system built on the deception of resource availability, ill-defined profit, and misled by the idea that an invisible hand can be an equitable system of distribution. It has resulted in a high living standard for a few select individuals, but at the expense of mankind and nature, ultimately culminating in the development of human conflict. This is a book with a blueprint for the twenty-first century, proposing a two-fold approach to easing the pressure on both the human race |
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