The time is Independence Day, 1944, the place the parlor of the Talley homestead in Lebanon, Missouri. As World War II rages across the seas, the Talleys are beset with crises of a different sort. Slipping into senility, the elder Mr. Talley still has flashes of explosive lucidity, when he schemes to dispose of the local bank among heirs of his own choice, and berates his charming but spineless son, Eldon, for considering the sale of the family garment business to an eastern conglomerate. Also involved in the bickering are Eldon's long-suffering wife, Netta; their son, Buddy, who is home on...
The time is Independence Day, 1944, the place the parlor of the Talley homestead in Lebanon, Missouri. As World War II rages across the seas, the Tall...
This collection of seven essays, a project of the Association for Social Economics, challenges the conventional paradigm of mainstream economicswhich rejects human need as a viable conceptand seeks to establish a new paradigm grounded in human material need under its two distinct aspects: physical need and the need for work as such.
In the Introduction, John B. Davis maintains that mainstream economic theory denies that needs can be distinguished from wants and so does not recognize the importance of this dimension of economic life. He argues that it is virtually impossible to discuss...
This collection of seven essays, a project of the Association for Social Economics, challenges the conventional paradigm of mainstream economicswhi...
