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Record Nr.

UNINA9910455451103321

Autore

Foley Duncan K

Titolo

Adam's fallacy [[electronic resource] ] : a guide to economic theology / / Duncan K. Foley

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Mass. ; ; London, : Harvard University Press, 2006

ISBN

0-674-02707-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xv, 265 p. ) : ill

Classificazione

QC 100

Disciplina

330.153

Soggetti

Economics - Philosophy

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. Adam's Vision -- 2. Gloomy Science -- 3 . The Severest Critic -- 4.On the Margins -- 6. Grand Illusions -- Reading Further -- Appendix -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book could be called "The Intelligent Person's Guide to Economics." The title expresses Duncan Foley's belief that economics at its most abstract and interesting level is a speculative philosophical discourse, not a deductive or inductive science. Adam's fallacy is the attempt to separate the economic sphere of life, in which the pursuit of self-interest is led by the invisible hand of the market to a socially beneficial outcome, from the rest of social life, in which the pursuit of self-interest is morally problematic and has to be weighed against other ends.



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910964099903321

Titolo

Handbook of oil politics / / editor, Robert E. Looney

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Routledge, 2012

London : , : Routledge, , 2012

ISBN

1-136-96645-5

1-283-44217-5

9786613442178

0-203-85101-3

1-136-96646-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (473 p.)

Collana

Routledge international handbooks

Altri autori (Persone)

LooneyRobert E

Disciplina

338.2/728

Soggetti

Petroleum industry and trade - Political aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Politics of oil supply -- pt. 2. Political responses -- pt. 3. Oil and political power : regional dimensions -- pt. 4. Country case studies -- pt. 5. Key issues for the future.

Sommario/riassunto

These days, one would have a difficult time picking up a newspaper, or watching a newscast that did not have a lead story dealing with some aspect of oil. From instability in the Middle East, to stock market crashes and concerns over the health of the world economy, to wars that seem to break out unexpectedly around the world, to discussions of global warming, and even speculation over the fate of mankind, oil is usually lurking somewhere in the background. To many, oil markets and their linkages to a whole spectrum of events remain something of a mystery. Unfortunately, most of the