The company of strangers : a natural history of economic life /

The Company of Strangers shows us the remarkable strangeness, and fragility, of our everyday lives. This completely revised and updated edition includes a new chapter analyzing how the rise and fall of social trust explain the unsustainable boom in the global economy over the past decade and the fin...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Seabright, Paul (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©2010.
Edición:2nd ed.
Temas:
Social capital (Sociology)
Economics > Sociological aspects.
Sociobiology.
Strangers.
Trust.
Capital social (Sociologie)
Sociobiologie.
Étrangers.
Confiance.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
HISTORY > Social History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:The Company of Strangers shows us the remarkable strangeness, and fragility, of our everyday lives. This completely revised and updated edition includes a new chapter analyzing how the rise and fall of social trust explain the unsustainable boom in the global economy over the past decade and the financial crisis that succeeded it. Drawing on insights from biology, anthropology, history, psychology, and literature, Paul Seabright explores how our evolved ability of abstract reasoning has allowed institutions like money, markets, cities, and the banking system to provide the foundations of socia.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xvii, 376 pages) : illustrations, map
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781400834785
1400834783
9780691146461
0691146462

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