5.9 Defining Good Consumption in the Thomistic and Personalist Perspective -- 5.10 Concluding Thoughts -- Bibliography -- Part II: Is Mainstream Economics to Blame? -- Chapter 6: Political Economy, Moral Reasoning, and Global Warming -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Homo Economicus in the Context of Political Economy -- 6.2.1 Curator Is Not Inconsistent with Economicus -- 6.2.2 Excessive Consumption -- 6.3 Homo Curator -- 6.4 The Theory of Market Failure -- 6.5 Concluding Remarks -- References -- Chapter 7: A Critical Approach to Critiquing Economics -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Economic Inquiry and Economic Phenomena -- 7.2.1 Harms via Economic Technologies -- 7.2.2 Harms via False Beliefs -- 7.2.3 Harms via True, but Corrupting, Beliefs -- 7.3 Homo Economicus -- 7.3.1 Corrupting Effects -- 7.3.2 Replacing Homo Economicus -- 7.4 Normative Assumptions Within Economics -- 7.5 Averting Catastrophe -- References -- Chapter 8: Response from Péter Róna -- 8.1 The Tenets of Mainstream Economics -- 8.1.1 The Distinction Between Economic Phenomena and Economic Science -- 8.1.2 Is Economics a Science? -- 8.1.3 Economic Phenomena vs. Economic Theory -- 8.1.4 N. Gregory Mankiw vs. Adam Smith -- 8.1.5 Homo Economicus -- 8.2 The Corrupting Effects of Economic Science -- 8.3 The Homo Curator Project -- References -- Chapter 9: Economics and Three Faces of Prudence -- 9.1 Prudence Among the Economists -- 9.2 Sunk Costs -- 9.3 Addiction -- 9.4 Conclusion -- References -- Part III: Way Forward -- Chapter 10: Trust as the Basis to Social Inquiry -- 10.1 What Is Society? -- 10.2 A Criticism -- 10.3 Answering the Criticism -- 10.4 Trust: The Fabric of Social Relations -- 10.5 Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Chapter 11: A Deeper Humanity: The Family as the School of an Inclusive Economy -- 11.1 The Question: Examining Anthropological Assumptions. |