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Autore |
Sedláček Tomáš <1977-> |
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Titolo |
Economics of good and evil [[electronic resource] ] : the quest for economic meaning from Gilgamesh to Wall Street / / Tomas Sedlacek |
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New York, : Oxford University Press, 2011 |
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ISBN |
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0-19-983190-4 |
1-283-16029-3 |
9786613160294 |
0-19-983061-4 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (365 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Economics - Philosophy |
Economics - Moral and ethical aspects |
Good and evil |
Civilization - History |
Literature and morals |
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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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pt. 1. Ancient economics and beyond -- pt. 2. Blasphemous thoughts. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Tomas Sedlacek has shaken the study of economics as few ever have. Named one of the ""Young Guns"" and one of the ""five hot minds in economics"" by the Yale Economic Review, he serves on the National Economic Council in Prague, where his provocative writing has achieved bestseller status. How has he done it? By arguing a simple, almost heretical proposition: economics is ultimately about good and evil. In The Economics of Good and Evil, Sedlacek radically rethinks his field, challenging our assumptions about the world. Economics is touted as a science, a value-free mathematical inquiry, he wr |
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