Morals and markets : the dangerous balance / Daniel Friedman and Daniel McNeill.

Author/creator Friedman, Daniel, 1947-
Other author McNeill, Daniel.
Format Electronic
EditionSecond edition.
Publication InfoNew York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.
Description1 online resource (287 pages)
Supplemental ContentProQuest Ebook Central
Subjects

Contents The Savanna code: what good are morals? -- The rise of wealth: how we became civilized and started shopping -- From Melqart to Zombieworld: adventures in imbalance -- Madness, lies, and crashes: when prices run free -- Blundering back to balance: TARP and tear gas -- China: morals and the rush to wealth -- From Hudson's Bay to eBay: why some people like going to work -- Markets and sin: murder, mega-casinos, and drug wars -- Underworlds: the tao of gangs -- Cooling the earth: the preservation markets -- The world ahead.
Abstract Friedman and McNeill draw on recent research in evolutionary game theory and behavioral economics to explore the relationship between our codes and our market systems. They show how imbalance between morals and markets is at the root of the recent corporate scandals in the US as well as the global financial crisis the world continues to face.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 253-274) and index.
Source of descriptionPrint version record.
Issued in other formPrint version: 1137282584
Genre/formElectronic books.
ISBN129971742X (ebk)
ISBN9781299717428 (ebk)
ISBN9781137331526 (electronic bk.)
ISBN1137331526 (electronic bk.)
Standard identifier# 10.1057/9781137331526
Stock number502993 MIL

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