The values of economics : an Aristotelian perspective / / Irene van Staveren

• Autore: Staveren Irene van
• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2001
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (261 p.)
• Disciplina: 330/.01
• Soggetto topico: Economics - Philosophy; Economics - Moral and ethical aspects
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-237) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; THE VALUE OF ECONOMICS: An Aristotelian perspective; Copyright; CONTENTS; FIGURES; TABLES; PREFACE; 1 THE MISSING ETHICAL CAPABILITIES OF RATIONAL ECONOMIC MAN; 2 PARADOXES OF VALUE; 3 LIBERTÉ, ÉGALITÉ, FRATERNITÉ; 4 BEYOND THE HIGHWAY OF MODERNIST ECONOMICS; 5 HYPOTHESES ON ECONOMIC ROLE COMBINATION; 6 TOWARD AN ARISTOELIAN ECONOMICS; 7 INSTITUTIONAL MEDIATION BETWEEN VALUE DOMAINS; 8 CONCLUSION; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX
• Sommario/riassunto: In his Ethics, Aristotle argued that human beings try to further a variety of values by balancing them, stating that people try to find a middle road between excess and deficiency. The author develops and applies this idea to the values of economics, arguing that in the economy; freedom, justice and care are also balanced to further ends with scarce means. Freedom is furthered through market exchange, justice through a redistributive role of the state, and care through mutual gifts of labour and sharing of resources in the economy.The book argues that economics is, and has always
• Titolo autorizzato: The values of economics
• ISBN: 1-134-54869-9; 1-280-07099-4; 0-203-12239-9; 0-203-16403-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910816591603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Economics as social theory.