Civilizing the Economy

ISBN-13: 9780521767323 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 282 str.

Marvin T. Brown

Opis

A New Economics of Provision. When a handful of people thrive while whole industries implode and millions suffer, it is clear that something is wrong with our economy. The wealth of the few is disconnected from the misery of the many. In Civilizing the Economy, Marvin Brown traces the origin of this economics of dissociation to early capitalism, showing how this is illustrated in Adam Smiths denial of the central role of slavery in wealth creation. In place of the Smithian economics of property, Brown proposes that we turn to the original meaning of economics as household management. He presents a new framework for the global economy that

Recenzje

'Marvin Brown offers a creative new perspective on the economy, much needed in the face of two global crises: climate change and the economic collapse of 2008 that highlights the flaws of current economic thinking. This creative approach will stimulate, provoke, and, hopefully, move the conversation about what economy should look like in the future forward.' Sandra Waddock, Galligan Chair of Strategy, Boston College

Spis treści

List of figures; List of tables; Preface; 1. Introduction: creating a just and sustainable economy; Part I. Creating a New Economic Framework: 2. Adam Smith's silence and an economics of property; 3. Reclaiming the notions of provision and family; 4. Making provisions in a dangerous world; Part II. The Civic Option: 5. From property relations to civic relations; 6. Society, civil society and the market; 7. Restoring reciprocity; 8. Civic norms and market competition; Part III. A Civic View of Labor, Land, and Money: 9. Labor: employment as engagement; 10. Land: ownership as a concession; 11. Money: commodity or credit; Part IV. Civilizing Economic Systems: 12. A world of systems; 13. Imagining stakeholder economy; 14. The ethics of economic systems; 15. Changing systems of provision; Part V. A Civic Agenda: 16. The civic obligations of corporations: 17. Creating circumstances for civic conversations; Appendix: free enterprise and the economics of slavery; Bibliography; Index.