Greed / edited by Alexis Brassey and Stephen Barber ; foreword by Nicola Horlick.
| Other author | Brassey, Alexis, 1972- |
| Other author | Barber, Stephen, 1974- |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Basingstoke [England] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, |
| Description | xv, 191 p. ; 22 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Greed and the market / John Meadowcroft -- Greed and the super-rich / Stephen Haseler and Henning Meyer -- Greed or competitive firms? / Jocelyn Pixley -- Back to the future : teaching the greed business / Ken Starkey and Cary Cooper -- The disputable truth of economic greed / Stephen Barber -- What drives man toward greed? / Alexis Brassey -- Greed in Jewish lore / Jeremy Rosen -- Condemning greed? Catholic perspectives / Patrick Riordan -- Working with greed : the challenge of inequalities / Marco Roncarati -- Sufficiency not greed : 'consume less, share more, enjoy life' / Derek Wall -- The narrative of consumption : greed and literature / Linda Freedman. |
| Abstract | "This book is a provocative examination of the idea of greed from various perspectives, drawing together experts from academia, politics and business. Greed explores whether the desire for material possession in post-industrial economies is a positive or a negative phenomenon and considers the implications of greed on society and the global economy"--Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2009041142 |
| ISBN | 9780230201484 |
| ISBN | 0230201482 |