How can so many insured drivers insist that the cars they hit came out of nowhere? What makes money so lovable? What would happen if therapy worked as advertised? How would we know it had? What kind of change did you expect for a dollar? Is anything just what it seems to be? And where does my body go when I'm asleep? Searching for answers to these and other IAQs (infrequently asked questions)? Look inside and take the measure of the surface reality too many assume is the bottom line. But read with caution - the reality you come to believe in, you're part of.

Creating Wealth: Ethical and Economic Perspectives is a collection of classic and contemporary economic and philosophical readings that explore these questions: How do agents in the marketplace manage to cooperate? When does such cooperation make the world a better place? What do agents in the marketplace need to do in order to succeed? What do they need to do to deserve to succeed? This text includes an introduction by the author, David Schmidtz, which gives readers a nontechnical overview of an ethical framework for evaluating both market behavior and market institutions. This is an...