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Addicted to profit : reclaiming our lives from the free market /
Will our addiction to profit destroy the world we live in?. The profit motive now exercises an effective tyranny over our lives: in the private as well as the public sector, nowhere seems immune from its reach. International tycoons, economists and politicians are obsessed with economic growth. Yet,...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Edinburgh :
Edinburgh University Press,
[2012]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction: It's All About Profit; 2 The Tyranny of Profit: Confronting an Addiction and a Fetish; 3 'What Shall It Profit a Man?': Profitless Activities; 4 Life Before Profit, Life Minus Profit; 5 Profit in the Genes?; 6 Neoliberalism, Financial Crisis, and Profit; 7 Global Warming and Profit; 8 Healthcare and Profit; 9 Education and Profit: The World of Pay-as-You-Learn; 10 The Arts, the Media Industries, and Profit; 11 Conclusion: It Needn't All Be About Profit; Notes; Bibliography; Index.