Redeeming Economics Rediscovering the Missing Element |
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| Author:
| Mueller, John D. |
| Series title: | Culture of Enterprise Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-932236-94-1 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 2010 |
| Publisher: | Regnery Publishing
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $27.95 |
Book Description:
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Argues that in trying to reduce human behaviour to mere exchanges, modern economists have lost sight of the importance of social relationships: as gifts. This reapplies economic thought as articulated by Aristotle, Augustine, and Aquinas, covering everything from unemployment, to inflation, to the economics of parenthood, to flaws in the mega-bestseller Freakonomics.
Argues that in trying to reduce human behaviour to mere exchanges, modern economists have lost sight of the importance of social relationships: as gifts. This reapplies economic thought as articulated by Aristotle, Augustine, and Aquinas, covering everything from unemployment, to inflation, to the economics of parenthood, to flaws in the mega-bestseller Freakonomics.