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The Darwin economy : liberty, competition, and the common good /

Who was the greater economist--Adam Smith or Charles Darwin? The question seems absurd. Darwin, after all, was a naturalist, not an economist. But Robert Frank, New York Times economics columnist and best-selling author of The Economic Naturalist, predicts that within the next century Darwin will un...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Frank, Robert H.
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Princeton [N.J.] : Princeton University Press, ©2011.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Table des matières:
  • Paralysis
  • Darwin's wedge
  • No cash on the table
  • Starve the beast, but which one?
  • Putting the positional consumption beast on a diet
  • Perpetrators and victims
  • Efficiency rules
  • It's your money
  • Success and luck
  • The great tradeoff
  • Taxing harmful activities
  • The libertarian's objections reconsidered.