Capitalist Thought: Studies in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics – serie
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Andrew Carnegie
An Economic Biography
Inbunden, 2015
1278 kr
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This biography of Andrew Carnegie emphasizes the economic dimension of his career in industry. It examines his life as a dynamic innovator during the period when the steel industry rapidly expanded and the United States became a major industrial power. Carnegie rose from a poverty-stricken Scottish …
Economic Morality
Ancient to Modern Readings
Av Henry C. Clark, Eric Allison
Inbunden, 2014
1893 kr
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This volume provides an integrated and wide-ranging set of primary-source readings on the relationship between moral values and economic activity, as articulated by some of the leading figures in Western civilization. From the ancient Greeks to the present, Economic Morality: Ancient to …
Seen, the Unseen, and the Unrealized
How Regulations Affect Our Everyday Lives
Inbunden, 2016
1313 kr
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This book illuminates the real effects of regulations on people’s everyday lives. It traces the effects of regulations on an economy by working through the ripple effects of changes. In so doing, the book provides a fundamental understanding for the economy as an organism rather than a machine, and …
Seen, the Unseen, and the Unrealized
How Regulations Affect Our Everyday Lives
Häftad, 2018
631 kr
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This book illuminates the real effects of regulations on people’s everyday lives. It traces the effects of regulations on an economy by working through the ripple effects of changes. In so doing, the book provides a fundamental understanding for the economy as an organism rather than a machine, and …
Ontology and Function of Money
The Philosophical Fundamentals of Monetary Institutions
Inbunden, 2015
2038 kr
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The central thesis of the book is that in order to evaluate monetary policy, one should have a clear idea about the characteristics and functions of money as it evolved and in its current form. That is to say that without an understanding about how money evolved as a social institution, what it is …
Ontology and Function of Money
The Philosophical Fundamentals of Monetary Institutions
Häftad, 2017
782 kr
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The central thesis of the book is that in order to evaluate monetary policy, one should have a clear idea about the characteristics and functions of money as it evolved and in its current form. That is to say that without an understanding about how money evolved as a social institution, what it is …
From Politics to Morality
Implications of Rasmussen and Den Uyl’s Norms of Liberty
Inbunden, 2026
1240 kr
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Navigating the intersection of philosophy, morality, economics and politics, this multidisciplinary volume explores the implications of Douglas B. Rasmussen and Douglas J. Den Uyl’s Norms of Liberty twenty years on from publication.Written by acclaimed scholars, this multidisciplinary volume of …
Water Capitalism
The Case for Privatizing Oceans, Rivers, Lakes, and Aquifers
Av Walter E. Block, Peter L. Nelson
Häftad, 2016
473 kr
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Water covers some 75% of the earth’s surface, while land covers 25%, approximately. Yet the former accounts for less than 1% of world GDP, the latter 99% plus. Part of the reason for this imbalance is that there are more people located on land than water. But a more important explanation is that …
Capitalism and Commerce in Imaginative Literature
Perspectives on Business from Novels and Plays
Inbunden, 2016
2113 kr
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Fiction can be a powerful force to educate students and employees in ways that lectures, textbooks, articles, case studies, and other traditional teaching approaches cannot. This anthology includes articles from a number of individuals from a range of different disciplines and perspectives. All of …
Pride and Profit
The Intersection of Jane Austen and Adam Smith
Av Cecil E. Bohanon, Michelle Albert Vachris
Häftad, 2017
704 kr
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Jane Austen’s novels provide timeless insight into the practice of virtues and vices. They instruct their readers in rectitude and teach them that bad character inevitably leads to bad outcomes. Austen themes include the necessity of self-command, the importance of being “other directed”, the …
Moral Case for Profit Maximization
Av Robert White
Häftad, 2021
514 kr
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The Moral Case for Profit Maximization argues that profit maximization is moral when businessmen seek to maximize profit by creating goods or services that are of objective value. Traditionally, profit maximization has been defended on economic grounds. Profit, economists argue, incentivizes …
Perspectives on Ayn Rand's Contributions to Economic and Business Thought
Häftad, 2020
688 kr
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Ayn Rand wrote and lectured on economic concepts and topics. This volume addresses the economic and business aspects of her writings. The authors of this anthology are from a variety of fields and all of them are enthusiastic supporters of her ideas.
Global Economics
A Holistic Approach
Inbunden, 2018
1345 kr
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Global Economics looks beyond the mere interaction of national economies as is implied by the term 'international economics.' It examines the integration of national economies into the emerging global economy. In keeping with the subtitle A Holistic Approach, the book considers the roles of …
Global Economics
A Holistic Approach
Häftad, 2020
542 kr
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Global Economics looks beyond the mere interaction of national economies as is implied by the term 'international economics.' It examines the integration of national economies into the emerging global economy. In keeping with the subtitle A Holistic Approach, the book considers the roles of …
Money, Interest, and the Structure of Production
Resolving Some Puzzles in the Theory of Capital
Inbunden, 2017
1313 kr
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Is macroeconomic equilibrium possible under capitalism? How do economic bubbles develop? How does a monetary system influence the market mechanism? Is the return on capital a beneficial feature of the economic system? How does complexity of a capitalist organization influence the market process? …
On the Private and Public Virtues of an Honorable Entrepreneur
Preventing a Separation of the Honorable and the Useful
Häftad, 2020
558 kr
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Alexis de Tocqueville’s writings on honor, and his observation that a democracy’s definition of honor “stands for the peculiar individual character of that nation before the world,” provide inspiration for an ideal entrepreneurial innovator discussed in this book. Beginning with Aristotle, …
Markets against Modernity
Ecological Irrationality, Public and Private
Häftad, 2022
529 kr
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In Markets Against Modernity, economist Ryan Murphy documents a clear continuity between the systematic errors people make in their personal lives and the gaps between public opinion and informed opinion. These errors cluster around specific divergences between how the modern world’s institutions …
Dialectics of Liberty
Exploring the Context of Human Freedom
Av Roger E. Bissell, Chris Matthew Sciabarra m. fl.
Häftad, 2020
598 kr
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This collection of essays explores the ways in which the defense of liberty can be bolstered by use of a dialectical method—that is, a mode of analysis devoted to grasping the full context of philosophical, cultural, and social factors requisite to the sustenance of human freedom. Its strength lies …
Freedom, Eudaemonia, and Risk
An Inquiry into the Ethics of Risk-Taking
Inbunden, 2020
1345 kr
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Kathleen Touchstone applies the philosophies of Objectivism, rule-utilitarianism, and neo-Aristotelianism to strategies of risk management. She proposes a risk index model which accounts for probability, virtue, and consequences, utilizing philosophical insight into the gauging of success.
Declaration and Constitution for a Free Society
Making the Declaration of Independence and U.S. Constitution Fully Consistent with the Protection of Individual Rights
Inbunden, 2021
1556 kr
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What are individual rights? What is freedom? How are they related to each other? Why are they so crucial to human life? How do you protect them? These are some of the questions that A Declaration and Constitution for a Free Society answers. The book uses Objectivist philosophy—the philosophy of Ayn …
