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Households : On the Moral Architecture of the Economy /

What human purpose does an economy serve? In this pathbreaking book, William James Booth examines what he calls the moral architecture of the economy-its significance in our ethical world and the influence of social values on its institutions. Turning to the most fundamental economic unit, Booth exp...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Booth, William James (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2018]
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • INTRODUCTION
  • PART ONE THE OIKOS: BEAUTY DOMINATION SCARCITY
  • 1. Odysseus' Household
  • 2. The Political Economy of the Ancient Household
  • PART TWO THE MORAL ECONOMY OF THE LIBERAL HOUSEHOLD
  • 3. Despotic and Conjugal Households
  • 4. Lions and Pole-Cats: Domination as the Summum Malum
  • 5. The New Body Economic: The Contract Community and Its Economy
  • 6. Public Homes, Private Homes: Society and Economy in Classical Liberalism
  • PART THREE MARX AND THE NEW HOUSEHOLD ECONOMY
  • 7. The Dissolution of the Old World
  • 8. Markets
  • 9. The Household Economy Restored
  • 10. Marx, Markets, and Household Economies
  • CONCLUSION "THIS HOUSEHOLD IS WHAT IS COMMON TO US"
  • INDEX