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Record Nr.

UNINA9910808111103321

Autore

Gregg Samuel <1969->

Titolo

Natural law, economics and the common good [[electronic resource] /] / by Samuel Gregg, Harold James

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Exeter, : Imprint Academic, 2012

ISBN

1-283-68964-2

1-84540-391-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (355 p.)

Collana

St. Andrews studies in philosophy and public affairs

Altri autori (Persone)

JamesHarold <1956->

Disciplina

330.01

Soggetti

Economics - Moral and ethical aspects

International finance - Moral and ethical aspects

Natural law

Common good

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.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Front Matter; Title Page; Cover; Copyright Page; Contributors; John Haldane: Preface; Samuel Gregg: Introduction; Body Matter; Part 1: Natural Law and Economics; Emma Rothschild: Faith, Enlightenment, and Economics; Craig Smith: Adam Smith and Natural Law; Arthur Waldron: China, Natural Law, and Economics - The Discourses on Salt and Iron; Benn Steil: Globalism and Natural Law - A brief History; Louis W. Pauly: Supraterritorial Obligations, the Global Economy, and the Changing Politics of Responsibility; Samuel Gregg & James R. Stoner, Jr.: Natural Law and Property Rights

Edward Skidelsky: The Emancipation of AvariceSamuel Gregg: Money and Its Future in the Global Economy; Gerald P. O'Driscoll, Jr.: Monetary Order for a Free Society; Harold James: The Financial Crisis and the Disciplinary Challenge of Natural Law; Part 2: Economics and the Common Good; Philip Booth: The Crash of 2008 - A Discussion of its Causes & their Relationship to Ethical Issues; Amity Shlaes: The Limits of Cardiology - Forgotten Factors in the Great Depression and the Current Period; Robert Skidelsky: The Great Recession - Causes and Cures

Ludger Schuknecht: Booms, Busts, and Fiscal Policy - Public Finances in



the FutureBack Matter; Other Titles Available from Imprint Academic and Andrews UK

Sommario/riassunto

In the wake of the financial crisis of 2008 and ongoing debt-related troubles there have been widespread calls to put banking and economic activity on a secure ethical foundation, either by regulation or through voluntary reform. In this volume a distinguished set of authors explore various economic, philosophical, and ethical ideas from historical, contemporary, and future-looking perspectives. At the core are two related ideas much mentioned but far more rarely examined: the idea of natura...