Economic Ideas, Policy and National Culture: A Comparison of Three Market Economies

ISBN-13: 9781032077291 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 220 str.

Eelke de Jong

Opis

All human beings develop a certain view on the world, and individuals belonging to the same national cultures are likely to develop very similar views with one another. This book explores the economic impacts of shared cultural values, focusing on the wider economies of the USA, Germany, and France.

Spis treści

Part I: Setting the Stage   Chapter 1. Introduction and Motivation   Chapter 2. National Culture in the Three Types of Market Economies   Part II: Economic Ideas   Chapter 3 The Morality of the Market Process and the Normative Implications of Catallactic Competition   Chapter 4. Markets, Morality, and Human Flourishing in the Ordoliberal Tradition   Chapter 5. The Market in the Hierarchical Market Tradition: The Case of Post-war French Economic Thought   Part III: Policy   Chapter 6. Three Varieties of Labour Markets: Three Varieties of Human Flourishing?   Chapter 7. Do National Financial Systems Still Reflect National Values?: The Case of the United States, Germany, and France   Chapter 8. Competition Policy within the Free, Hierarchical and Coordinated Market Tradition   Chapter 9. Central Bank Independence and Monetary Policy in the US, Germany and France: Have they converged?   Part IV: Concluding Remarks   Chapter 10. Conclusions and Discussion

O autorze

Eelke de Jong is Professor in International Economics at the Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.