By Robert E. Lane This is the second of a pair of books by Robert Lane. The first was After the End of History: The Curious Fate of American Materialism, published by Michigan Press in 2006. It was the sixth book to appear in a series called “Evolving Values for a Capitalist World”, edited by GDAE Co-Director Neva […]
By Robert E. Lane Order on Amazon Kindle or from University of Michigan Press “Robert E. Lane is one of the most prominent and distinguished critics of both the human impact of market economies and economic theory, arguing from much research that happiness is more likely to flow from companionship, enjoyment of work, contribution to society, and the […]
By David Ellerman Foreword by Albert O. Hirschman This volume is part of the series Evolving Values for a Capitalist World Helping People Help Themselves grew out of David Ellerman’s ten years at the World Bank—and particularly out of his three years as advisor and speechwriter for Joseph Stiglitz during Stiglitz’s tumultuous term […]
Harmful Social Consequences of Legal Industries Nikos Passas and Neva Goodwin, Editors This volume is part of the series Evolving Values for a Capitalist World A wide range of scholars, journalists, and policy analysts examine the “lawful but awful” practices that populate the gray area between legality and morality. Many U.S. corporations and the goods […]
By Jonathan Harris This volume is part of the series Evolving Values for a Capitalist World Bringing together the thoughts of economists, political scientists, anthropologists, philosophers, and agricultural policy professionals, this volume focuses on the issues of sustainability in development. Examining such topics as international trade, political power, gender roles, legal institutions, and agricultural research, […]
By Severyn T. Bruyn This volume is part of the series Evolving Values for a Capitalist World A civil society is one in which a democratic government and a market economy operate together. The idea of the civil economy–encompassing a democratic government and a market economy–presumes that people can solve social problems within the market […]
By Neva R. Goodwin This volume is part of the series Evolving Values for a Capitalist World This collection of twelve previously unpublished essays explores what can be done, through changes in institutional arrangements and/or fashions of thought and perception, to encourage the public and private sectors to translate their concern for the future into […]