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
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Who's in charge?
  • Man and the risks of nature
  • Our violent past
  • How have we tamed our violent instincts?
  • How did the social emotions evolve?
  • Money and human relationships
  • Honor among thieves : hoarding and stealing
  • Honor among bankers? : what caused the financial crisis?
  • Professionalism and fulfillment in work and war
  • The city, from ancient Athens to modern Manhattan
  • Water : commodity or social institution?
  • Prices for everything?
  • Families and firms
  • Knowledge and symbolism
  • Exclusion : unemployment, poverty, and illness
  • States and empires
  • Globalization and political action
  • Conclusion : how fragile is the great experiment?

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