The dismal science : how thinking like an economist undermines community / Stephen A. Marglin.

Author/creator Marglin, Stephen A.
Format Book
Publication InfoCambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2008.
Descriptionxvi, 359 pages ; 25 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents only
Subjects

Portion of title How thinking like an economist undermines community
Contents Economics, the market, and community -- What is community? and is it worth the cost? -- The cutting edge of modernity -- Individualism -- Some history -- From vice to virtue in a century -- How do we know when we do not know? -- Sources of the modern ideology of knowledge -- Taking experience seriously -- Welfare economics and the nation-state -- Why is enough never enough? -- The economics of tragic choices -- From imperialism to globalization, by way of development -- Appendix A: The limits of dissent -- Appendix B: The distributional roots of the enclosure movement.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 309-350) and index.
LCCN 2007020882
ISBN9780674026544 (alk. paper)
ISBN0674026543 (alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks HB 724 .M37 2008 ✔ Available Place Hold